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Faculty Materials researchers honored for achievements as academic inventors 05/02/2022 Penn State professors Clive Randall and T.C. Mike Chung have been named 2021 fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). |
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Faculty Energy, environmental seed grants awarded to 21 interdisciplinary teams 04/26/2022 The Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) awarded seed grants to 21 groups of interdisciplinary researchers at Penn State for the 2021-22 cycle. |
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Student Popular Traditional American Indian Powwow to return in person June 25-26 04/26/2022 The popular Penn State Traditional American Indian Powwow -- considered one of the finest traditional American Indian powwows in or outside of Indian Country -- returns as an in-person, two-day event in June. |
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Faculty A prehistoric forest grows in Brunei 04/26/2022 The first study of leaf fossils conducted in the nation of Brunei on the island of Borneo has revealed that the current dominant tree group, the dipterocarps, has dominated the rainforests for at least four million years, according to an international research team led by Penn State in partnership with Universiti Brunei Darussalam. |
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Alumni G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture to cover the history of mining research April 29 04/26/2022 George Luxbacher, deputy associate director for mining at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) will give the 2022 G. Albert Shoemaker Lecture in Mineral Engineering at Penn State. |
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Faculty Materials science and engineering professor receives FMD John Bardeen Award 04/25/2022 Penn State professor Long-Qing Chen recently received the 2022 FMD John Bardeen Award from the Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS). |
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Faculty Grant from Manufacturing PA Initiative to improve glass recycling technology 04/25/2022 More than 12 million tons of glass are produced annually in the United States, but only 25% of glass is recycled and non-soda lime silicate glass compositions used in smartphones and other electronic devices cannot be recycled at all. |
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Faculty Beetle in the coconut: Fossil find sheds new light on Neotropical rainforests 04/25/2022 Tiny beetles that feed on fruit from the palm family may have developed their taste for coconuts long ago, according to a Penn State-led team of scientists studying suspected insect damage in a 60-million-year-old fossil. |
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Development EMS programs continue to shine in U.S. News graduate rankings 04/22/2022 Graduate programs in Penn State's College of Earth and Mineral Sciences were recently recognized among the nation's best in U.S. News & World Report's 2023 Best Graduate Schools rankings. |
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Faculty African dust crosses the Atlantic 04/20/2022 A beautiful sunset over the Atlantic off the Florida coast, or an orangey glow in the Texas sky at dusk may be caused by dust from West Africa, according to researchers who are looking at the paths of particulate matter in the skies over the Sahara desert and the semi-arid Sahel. |