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Faculty 3M and Penn State strike three-year deal to drive research 03/13/2020 As Penn State Materials Research Institute prepared for its 2019 Materials Day event - held Oct. 29-30 - 3M was busy reinforcing its relationship with Penn State to advance research activities with a new $900,000 commitment over the next three years. |
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Research Knowing why bacteria are great upstream swimmers may prevent serious infections 03/12/2020 New findings on how bacteria can maintain persistent and fast upstream swimming motion over distances comparable with many human organs, may help prevent life-threatening infections, according to a team of international researchers. |
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Faculty Miller Lecture to feature Rivers of Power author Laurence Smith 03/12/2020 Laurence Smith, the John Atwater and Diana Nelson University Professor of Environment and Society and professor of earth, environmental and planetary sciences at Brown University, will give the annual Miller Lecture at 2:30 p.m., April 24, at Robb Hall in the Hintz Family Alumni Center, on Penn State's University Park campus. |
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Faculty Two-dimensional metals open pathways to new science 03/09/2020 An atomically thin materials platform developed by Penn State researchers in conjunction with Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and Oak Ridge National Lab will open a wide range of new applications in biomolecular sensing, quantum phenomena, catalysis and nonlinear optics. |
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Faculty Geospatial intelligence helps emergency management teams make better maps 03/06/2020 As Hurricane Dorian made landfall on Grand Bahama Island in 2019 and bushfires engulfed Australia in 2020, emergency teams were busy creating plans to best respond and provide relief to those affected by the disasters. |
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Faculty High energy Li-Ion battery is safer for electric vehicles 03/04/2020 A lithium-ion battery that is safe, has high power and can last for 1 million miles has been developed by a team in Penn State's Battery and Energy Storage Technology (BEST) Center. |
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Research Researchers identify breaking point of conducting material 03/03/2020 An improved method to predict the temperature when plastics change from supple to brittle, which could potentially accelerate future development of flexible electronics, was developed by Penn State College of Engineering researchers. |
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Faculty Inaugural 'Speed Dating with Learning Technologies' a success 03/03/2020 The John A. Dutton e-Education Institute's first "Speed Dating with Learning Technologies" event for College of Earth and Mineral Sciences instructors, held on Feb. 13, was a success. |
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Faculty ‘Materials to Enhance Human Health’ theme for Nelson W. Taylor Lecture Series 03/03/2020 The 2020 Nelson W. Taylor Lecture Series in Materials Science and Engineering will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. on Thursday, March 5 in the HUB-Robeson Center's Freeman Auditorium on Penn State's University Park campus. |
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Faculty The economy as complement, not detriment, to environment 03/03/2020 There can be tensions when a large company makes a multi-million-dollar deal with a community to build facilities. Tensions can be even higher if the company is a fossil fuel company. |