Faculty Professor teams up with his former teacher for Planet Geo podcast 01/19/2021 Jesse Reimink remembers the first time someone planted the Earth science seed that for him blossomed into a career in the geosciences. |
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Faculty Virtual EarthTalks series focuses on policies, technology to slow global warming 01/19/2021 The spring 2021 EESI EarthTalks series, "Energy and climate policy: How to avoid a global hothouse," will address questions related to carbon taxes, renewable energy subsidies and the feasibility of carbon sequestration, among other topics. |
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Research Inexpensive battery charges rapidly for electric vehicles, reduces range anxiety 01/18/2021 Range anxiety, the fear of running out of power before being able to recharge an electric vehicle, may be a thing of the past, according to a team of Penn State engineers who are looking at lithium iron phosphate batteries that have a range of 250 miles with the ability to charge in 10 minutes. |
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Graduate Student NASA Pa. Space Grant accepting graduate research fellowship applications 01/13/2021 The NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium (PSGC) is currently accepting applications to its graduate research fellowship program. |
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Student NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium accepting undergraduate applications 01/13/2021 The NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant Consortium is accepting applications for the 2021-22 Undergraduate Scholarship Program. |
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Faculty EESI EarthTalks: Climate scientist Kerry Emanuel to discuss policy options 01/13/2021 Renowned meteorologist and climate scientist Kerry Emanuel, Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Atmospheric Science at MIT, will discuss policy options to slow global warming at 4 p.m. Monday, Jan. 25. |
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Faculty Virtual seminar series examines cutting-edge climate research at Penn State 01/13/2021 The Earth System Science Center has announced the lineup for its spring 2021 Climate Dynamics seminar series. |
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Faculty Engineers find antioxidants improve nanoscale visualization of polymers 01/08/2021 Reactive molecules, such as free radicals, can be produced in the body after exposure to certain environments or substances and go on to cause cell damage. |
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Faculty Cervone elected to lead AGU natural hazards section 01/07/2021 Penn State professor Guido Cervone was elected as president-elect of the Natural Hazards Section of the American Geophysical Union (AGU). |
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Faculty Leaf fossils show severe end-Cretaceous plant extinction in southern Argentina 01/04/2021 Fossil leaf assemblages from Patagonia, Argentina, suggest that vegetation in South America suffered great losses following an astroid impact but rebounded quickly. |