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Mary Frecker, professor of mechanical and biomedical engineering at Penn State, will lead the newly approved Center for Biodevices, a collaborative unit aimed at initiating and supporting research in the area and facilitating impactful collaborations among units including the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. 

Twenty teams have been awarded $500 to pursue their ideas to use artificial intelligence for good in the 2020 Nittany AI Challenge. 

Current carbon cycle models may underestimate the amount of carbon dioxide released from the soil during rainy seasons in temperate forests like those found in the northeast United States, according to Penn State researchers.

Maram Ejaimi’s passion for engineering ignited in a way those dedicated to improving diversity in STEM fields love to hear.

A Penn State researcher is a part of a multi-university team that received a $513,000 grant to study the decision-making process that governs how people in the U.S. receive electricity.

When Matthew Kumjian, associate professor of meteorology at Penn State, looks at radar observations, he drills down to the fundamentals of what each piece of the puzzle is telling him. 

Comparing dust simulations and health data for Senegal, an international team of researchers found dust to be responsible for poor air quality, which is followed by a rise in poor health outcomes.

Erica Smithwick, E. Willard and Ruby S. Miller Professor of Geography at Penn State, will discuss “burning” land management decisions and fire-related solutions at the next EarthTalks seminar at 4 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 17, in 112 Walker Building at University Park. 

The Penn State College of Engineering awarded the 2020 Multidisciplinary Research Seed Grants to five faculty research teams, including one from the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. 

A new podcast that highlights the work of Penn State researchers and how their findings impact communities near and far is now available through central Pennsylvania’s public media station.