Penn State Hazleton students work on engineering project for Bellefonte
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A group of engineering students at Penn State Hazleton is already getting the opportunity to put their knowledge and skills to use on a real-world project. They are working on designing a drinking water protection system for the borough of Bellefonte on its historic Big Spring, which provides water for about 9,000 customers.
LaJeunesse and colleagues receive 2017 Tyge Christiansen Prize
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Three Penn Staters, including Associate Professor of Biology Todd LaJeunesse, his former graduate student Drew Wham, and Director of the Microscopy Facility Gang Ning, have been awarded the 2017 Tyge Christiansen Prize by the International Phycological Society, an organization dedicated to the study of algae.
At Penn State, researchers push for answers on carbon capture
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Between Penn State, other universities and a federal lab near Pittsburgh, a lot of research on carbon capture and sequestration takes place in Pennsylvania.
Zhu recognized by Society of Exploration Geophysicists with Karcher Award
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Tieyuan Zhu, assistant professor of geophysics in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Penn State, has been awarded the 2018 J. Clarence Karcher Award by the Society of Exploration Geophysicists. The award recognizes significant contributions to the science and technology of exploration geophysics by a young geophysicist.
Re-Imagining Energy: Generating Energy
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Penn State researchers are developing a range of innovative technologies to harvest the sustainable energy of natural processes to power our future. Part one of a five-part series.
Re-Imagining Energy: Storing Energy
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Penn State researchers are at the forefront of a revolution in materials that's enabling batteries that charge faster, last longer, and are safer than conventional batteries. Part two of a five-part series.
Fracking wastewater accumulation found in freshwater mussels' shells
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Elevated concentrations of strontium, an element associated with oil and gas wastewaters, have accumulated in the shells of freshwater mussels downstream from fracking wastewater disposal sites, according to researchers from Penn State and Union College.
Energizing the food-energy-water nexus: the fortuitous tale of duckweed
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Rachel Brennan knows how precious of a commodity water is. During her time as the director of Penn State's Eco-Machine, her work has involved a helpful little plant that is impacting the food-energy-water nexus.
Larger cities have smaller water footprint than less populated counterparts
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Global sustainability is important now more than ever due to increasing urban populations and the resulting stress it can have on natural resources. But increased populations in cities may lead to greater efficiency, as a team of Penn State researchers discovered when they analyzed the water footprint of 65 mid- to large-sized U.S. cities.
Lab Bench to Commercialization 2018–19 grant recipients announced
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The Eberly College of Science's Office for Innovation has awarded three faculty members $75,000 each toward commercializing intellectual property from their research.
NSF funds $3 million graduate training program focused on Food-Energy-Water
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The National Science Foundation has awarded a $3 million grant to an interdisciplinary team of Penn State researchers to create a new graduate program that will train students to find solutions to real-world problems facing Food-Energy-Water (FEW) systems.
Carbon dioxide-to-methanol process improved by catalyst
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Dramatic improvements have been made to the process of converting carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, to methanol, a fuel and building block for a wide range of everyday materials, according to Penn State researchers.