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Faculty Thicker, denser, better: New electrodes may hold key to advanced batteries 08/16/2023 The demand for high-performance batteries, especially for use in electric vehicles, is surging as the world shifts its energy consumption to a more electric-powered system, reducing reliance on fossil fuels and prioritizing climate remediation efforts. |
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Faculty Fresher AIr: AI and mobility data may improve air pollution exposure models 08/15/2023 Americans in the northeast paid greater attention to air quality alerts this summer as wildfire smoke thickened skies with an orange-tinted haze. |
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Alumni World Campus student receives 2023 Lt. Michael P. Murphy Award 08/14/2023 A U.S. Navy platoon commander who is a Penn State World Campus student has received this year’s Lt. Michael P. Murphy Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to the geospatial intelligence community. |
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Graduate Student World Campus grad raises age benchmark for students 08/12/2023 Tom Scapillato never told anyone in his courses how old he was because he didn’t want that to change his experience. He wanted the quality of his work to be the reason he stood out from the crowd. |
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Faculty Cell protector: Bio-inspired solar devices boost stability, efficiency 08/11/2023 Borrowing from cell membranes, the protective barriers around cells in all living organisms, Penn State scientists have developed a new, cost-effective method for creating bio-inspired solar devices that could improve the performance of next-generation solar technology. |
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Student Presidential Leadership Academy announces 2023 cohort of students 08/10/2023 Penn State’s Presidential Leadership Academy (PLA) has selected its new cohort of 30 second-year students. It is the 14th group of new PLA members since 2009 when the academy was founded by alumni Edward R. and Helen S. Hintz. |
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Faculty Zentropy and the art of creating new ferroelectric materials 08/09/2023 Systems in the Universe trend toward disorder, with only applied energy keeping the chaos at bay. The concept is called entropy, and examples can be found everywhere: ice melting, campfire burning, water boiling. Zentropy theory, however, adds another level to the mix. |
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Student Students pursue research passions through NOAA’s Hollings Scholarship 08/08/2023 Four students in the Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences were recently awarded the Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to advance their research ambitions. |
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Student Science graduate student uses journalism to help make impact on her community 08/04/2023 Aara'L Yarber wants to bridge a critical gap she sees in journalism — localized news tailored to Black communities. Through a National Science Foundation (NSF) internship this fall, the meteorology and atmospheric science doctoral candidate said she hopes to be able to do just that. |
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Faculty Mirror, mirror, who is the most efficient semiconductor of them all? 08/03/2023 The next generation of 2D semiconductor materials doesn’t like what it sees when it looks in the mirror. |