Engineering lab part of new AI-based Molecular Maker Lab Institute
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A multi-institutional team including Penn State was awarded a five-year $20 million grant from the National Science Foundation for the NSF Artificial Intelligence Institute for Molecular Discovery, Synthetic Strategy and Manufacturing.
A conversation with Multicultural Engineering Program Director Lauren Griggs
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"Making sure people's momentum continues to be present and evolve is what will help the STEM field be the best it can be."
Reducing transmission risk of livestock disease
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According to a new study, the risk of transmitting the livestock virus PPRV, which threatens 80% of the world’s sheep and goats, increases with certain husbandry practices, including attendance at seasonal grazing camps and the introduction of sheep and goats to the herd.
Merit-based NSF grant extension supports expansion of gene-editing technology
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Researchers who developed an improved method of gene editing for the study of arthropods will expand the technology for use in vertebrate species such as mice, fish and birds after receiving new funding from the National Science Foundation.
Cover crop roots are key to understanding ecosystem services
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To judge the overall effectiveness of cover crops and choose those offering the most ecosystem services, agricultural scientists must consider the plants’ roots as well as above-ground biomass, according to Penn State researchers who tested the characteristics of cover crop roots in three monocultures and one mixture.
Cover crop mixtures must be 'farm-tuned' to provide maximum ecosystem services
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Penn State researchers, in a recent study, were surprised to learn that they could take the exact same number of seeds from the same plants, put them in agricultural fields across the Mid-Atlantic region and get profoundly different stands of cover crops a few months later.
Researchers aim to create thriving agricultural systems in urbanizing landscapes
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A team led by Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences researchers is almost a year into a five-year study aimed at creating economically and environmentally sustainable agricultural systems in the face of development pressures and other challenges of urbanization.
Water-energy-food research event to explore US-Colombian partnership
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As part of Penn State's ongoing support of research in the water-energy-food (WEF) nexus, an online information session focused specifically on WEF nexus efforts in Colombia will be held on Aug. 6.
Custom nanoparticle regresses tumors when exposed to light
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A team of Penn State researchers is collaborating on a potential new method to treat cancer by delivering a unique nanoparticle to a localized cancerous area in mice and activating the treatment through light exposure.
How Penn State is 'building' a healthier future
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For more than two decades, Esther Obonyo, associate professor of engineering design and architectural engineering and director of the Global Building Network, has served as a global expert on buildings.
Penn State professor receives 2020 International Metabolic Engineering Award
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The International Metabolic Engineering Society has recognized Costas D. Maranas, the Penn State Donald B. Broughton Professor of Chemical Engineering, with the 2020 International Metabolic Engineering Award.
'Land and Water Revisited' to livestream for premiere
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"Land and Water Revisited," a look back at a 1962 movie on the ecological impact of people in the Teotihuacan Valley outside of Mexico City, will live stream at 7 p.m. on July 24 on YouTube Live from the State Theatre. The film will be introduced by the producers and followed by a livestreamed, 45-minute question-and-answer session with collaborators and families from the original film.