Research Room temperature electrical control could heat up future technology development 10/24/2024 The Hall effect, has revealed some new tricks, which has potential implications for understanding fundamental physics of quantum materials and developing applied technologies such as quantum communication and harvesting energy via radio frequencies. |
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Student EMS student digs in to new opportunities provided by internship 10/24/2024 Joshua Hasenau, a third-year Penn State student has asummer internship with the New Enterprise Stone and Lime Company, a construction company that produces aggregates, asphalt and concrete. |
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Research EarthTalks: Professor to discuss recycling as strategy for critical metals 10/23/2024 Thandazile Moyo, assistant professor of energy and mineral engineering at Penn State, will give the talk, “Aligning with Recycling as a Strategy for Reliable Critical Metals Supply: Policies, Challenges, and Opportunities in the U.S.,” at 4 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 28, in 112 Walker Building. |
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Research Lumpy, bumpy hail: Realistic hail shapes may improve modeling of severe weather 10/22/2024 A new approach for modeling hailstorms that uses more realistic hailstone shapes could improve our understanding of hazardous weather, according to a team led by scientists at Penn State. |
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Research Gustafson to discuss biodiversity protection, land values on Oct. 30 10/22/2024 Matthew Gustafson, Robert and Judith Klein Professor of Finance in the Smeal College of Business at Penn State, will give the talk, “The Biodiversity Protection Discount,” at noon on Wednesday, Oct. 30, in 157 Hosler Building on the University Park campus. |
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Research Penn State research-based startup tackles e-waste recycling challenges 10/22/2024 Mohammad Rezaee and his team founded Intel-E-Waste, a startup offering a sustainable e-waste recycling process. |
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Geography Coffee Hour to explore colonialism and Indigenous identity on Oct. 25 10/21/2024 The Penn State Department of Geography will host Meredith Alberta Palmer, assistant professor in the Department of Geography and the Department of Indigenous Studies at the University at Buffalo, for its fall 2024 Coffee Hour lecture series |
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Graduate Student EMS graduate student network continues to improve experiences for peers 10/21/2024 An effort that began three years ago in the Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) is helping to elevate the experiences of graduate students within the college. |
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Research Penn State GIS Day activities focus on the theme “Geographers Take Action” 10/21/2024 Penn State University Libraries will observe GIS Day — an annual event celebrating the technology of geographic information systems (GIS) — with sessions on Nov. 18 and a trivia event on Nov. 19. |
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Faculty EMS faculty member receives DOE Early Career Research Award 10/17/2024 Nelson Y. Dzade, assistant professor of energy and mineral engineering in the Penn State College of Earth and Mineral Sciences, has received a 2024 Early Career Research Award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). |