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Faculty Scientists create road map for improving carbon estimates 03/03/2020 Penn State researchers found that a common tool used to understand carbon dioxide fluxes, or how the gas moves between the atmosphere and ecosystems, may be overconfident because of uncertainties in the release of carbon dioxide by the combustion of fossil fuels. |
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Faculty Digging into the past 03/03/2020 High on the craggy cliffs of Oman's rocky desert landscape, Sarah Ivory squeezed into narrow, dark caves in search of a different kind of goldmine. |
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Graduate Student Wei Zhang receives 2020 Nico van Wingen Memorial Graduate Fellowship 03/02/2020 Wei Zhang, a doctoral student in energy and mineral engineering in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, has been awarded the Nico van Wingen Memorial Graduate Fellowship in petroleum engineering. |
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Faculty EarthTalks explores challenges of adding renewable energy to power grid 03/02/2020 Seth Blumsack, professor of energy policy and economics and international affairs at Penn State, will look at the challenges of adding renewable energy to the power grid at the next EarthTalks seminar at 4 p.m. Monday, March 16, in 112 Walker Building. |
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Faculty Earth and Mineral Sciences student finds bright future in solar energy 02/25/2020 When Zoe Rauscher arrived at Penn State as a first-year student, she "knew nothing about solar," she said. |
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Research When bonding noble metals to 2D materials, interfaces matter 02/25/2020 Researchers at Penn State and Purdue University have developed new materials for improved single-atom catalysis and future electronics. |
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Student First-generation student pursues passion for geography 02/25/2020 First-generation college student Sara Maholland is not afraid to take a leap into the unknown. |
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Faculty Cold sintering produces capacitor material at record low temperatures 02/25/2020 Penn State researchers have produced barium titanate at record low temperatures, and the discovery could lead to more energy efficient manufacturing. |
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Faculty Online, residential students join together to study sustainability 02/25/2020 They attend Penn State from many different locations, but that didn't stop a diverse group of students from joining together to tackle sustainability challenges. |
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Alumni Penn State alumnus Hancock to present R.E. Tressler Lecture 02/25/2020 Lawrence F. Hancock, founder and CEO of Akita Innovations, will deliver the 2020 Richard E. Tressler Lecture in Materials will be held at 3:05 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27, in 101 Chambers Building at University Park. |