Pennsylvania roads are being coated in radioactive wastewater − here’s why
| by Nathaniel Warner, William Burgos
Pennsylvania’s roughly 100,000 oil and gas wells produce wastewater that’s many times saltier than seawater and contains radium, a known carcinogen.
NIH grants $2.8M to develop tools for study of mosquito-microbe interactions
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Penn State researchers will use $2.8 million in funding from the National Institutes of Health’s Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease to develop new tools to investigate the genetics underpinning the relationships between mosquitoes and various microbes.
Penn State scientists to lead three Genesis Mission projects
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Three projects led by Penn State scientists are among those selected for funding under Phase I of the Genesis Mission, a historic national initiative led by the U.S. Department of Energy to build an integrated science discovery platform. In addition, Penn State is a partner on the Prometheus project, led by Idaho National Laboratory, which is the first Genesis Mission Phase II award recipient.
Penn State awarded $20M to lead an NSF ‘programmable cloud laboratory’
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Penn State was awarded $20 million by the U.S. National Science Foundation to lead one of 20 teams across the country over the next four years as part of the federal government’s Genesis Mission, a national effort to harness AI for scientific discovery.
Pasto Agricultural Museum to offer new exhibits at Ag Progress Days
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The Pasto Agricultural Museum will feature two new exhibits and one expanded exhibit during Penn State’s Ag Progress Days, Aug. 11-13, as part of the museum’s engaging, hands-on portrayal of farm and rural life before the widespread use of electricity and gas-powered equipment.
Quest for research answers takes undergraduate student to Japan
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Kaylin Lamaute has been spending the summer finding answers to her fascinations in materials science and engineering through the Adopting Sustainable Partnerships for Innovative Research Ecosystem (ASPIRE) program, an international initiative primarily driven by the Japan Science and Technology Agency.
How sea ice loss and oil and gas emissions are reshaping the Arctic atmosphere
| by Jose D. Fuentes
Field measurements reveal outsized effects from small-scale sea-ice openings and distant pollution sources — and expose blind spots in current Arctic models.
Funding available for social scientists accessing federal data
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The Social Science Research Institute at Penn State has announced a funding program to help support social science faculty conducting research with data from Penn State's Federal Statistical Research Data Center.
Penn College receives $1.5M state grant for Schneebeli Earth Science Center
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Pennsylvania College of Technology is the recipient of a $1.5 million state grant earmarked to enhance facilities at the institution’s Schneebeli Earth Science Center in Clinton Township.
Penn State Altoona professor offers keynote at recent EnergyPath conference
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Brian Black, distinguished professor of history and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona, was the keynote speaker at the recent EnergyPath conference held at Moravian University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Ganda, Kovac and Hao named Huck chairs
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Penn State faculty members Erika Ganda, Jasna Kovac and Wenrui Hao have been named Huck chairs by the Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences in recognition of their research endeavors and track records of service to key Huck units.
$2.8M NIH grant to study effect of PFAS on the gut microbiome
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Researchers from Penn State received a $2.8M NIH grant to study how PFAS impact the microorganisms living in the gut microbiome.