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NSF funds $3 million graduate training program focused on Food-Energy-Water | Penn State University

NSF funds $3 million graduate training program focused on Food-Energy-Water

| psu.edu

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.

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Carbon dioxide-to-methanol process improved by catalyst | Penn State University

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.

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Diverse symbionts of reef corals have endured since 'age of dinosaurs' | Penn State University

Diverse symbionts of reef corals have endured since 'age of dinosaurs'

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Coral-algal partnerships have endured numerous climate change events in their long history, and at least some are likely to survive modern-day global warming as well, suggests an international team of scientists.

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Penn State hydrologist Elizabeth Boyer honored by American Geophysical Union

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Elizabeth W. Boyer, associate professor of water resources in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, has been honored with the 2018 Witherspoon Lecture Award by the American Geophysical Union.

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Small amounts of pharmaceuticals found in north central Pa. rural well water | Penn State University

Small amounts of pharmaceuticals found in north central Pa. rural well water

| psu.edu

Drinking water from wells in rural north central Pennsylvania had low levels of pharmaceuticals, according to a study led by Penn State researchers.

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Buried Treasure | Penn State University

Buried Treasure

| psu.edu

Penn State coral reef biologists Mónica Medina and Roberto Iglesias Prieto are studying Varadero reef, off the coast of Colombia, to learn why it is thriving under unusual conditions. With reefs around the world dying off in response to rising ocean temperatures, resilience has become a key concept. What gives some coral species the strength to adapt and bounce back while others perish?

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Seed Grant Projects

Three new co-funds join Institutes of Energy and the Environment | Penn State University

Three new co-funds join Institutes of Energy and the Environment

| psu.edu

Three faculty members recently joined the Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) in three different areas of expertise. Two are in the Donald P. Bellisario College of Communications, and the other is in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. This is the first time that IEE has had co-funded faculty in the Bellisario College.

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New insights could indicate how to break apart cellulose for biofuels | Penn State University

New insights could indicate how to break apart cellulose for biofuels

| psu.edu

A comprehensive look at how plants build cellulose, the primary building block of the walls of most plant cells, which is used in a wide variety of manmade materials, could have important implications for its use in biofuels.

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Retrofitting roofs in Pennsylvania's 'Rust Belt' | Penn State University

Retrofitting roofs in Pennsylvania's 'Rust Belt'

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Esther Obonyo, associate professor of engineering design and architectural engineering, was awarded a $25,000 grant from Penn State’s Institutes of Energy and the Environment to design and test a new roofing composite. The project is part of a cross-institutional, multidisciplinary initiative led by Penn State New Kensington’s Corner Launchbox focused on refreshing the community’s image and economy.

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Penn State researchers develop a way to predict and mitigate catastrophic shorts for improved OLED lighting panel reliability

| energy.gov

With the help of DOE funding, researchers at Penn State University are developing a basic scientific understanding of how shorts originate and grow to a catastrophic level, thus causing the failure of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels.

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Human Health and the Environment seed grant recipients announced | Penn State University

Human Health and the Environment seed grant recipients announced

| psu.edu

Human Health and the Environment seed grants for 2018 have been awarded to eight interdisciplinary teams of Penn State researchers. The seed grants were funded through a collaboration of Penn State Institutes and the College of Medicine, which collectively contributed more than $400,000.

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Penn State promotions in academic rank, effective July 1, 2018 | Penn State University

Penn State promotions in academic rank, effective July 1, 2018

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The following is a list of academic promotions for tenured and tenure-line faculty members at Penn State, effective July 1.

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