Faculty Increased storminess may give rise to North Atlantic’s ‘cold blob’ 01/31/2022 While climate change is making much of the world warmer, temperatures in a subpolar region of the North Atlantic are getting cooler. A team of researchers report that changes in the wind pattern, among other factors, may be contributing to this "cold blob." |
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Faculty EarthTalks: Tom Richard to discuss the path to a carbon-negative bioeconomy 01/27/2022 Tom Richard, professor of agricultural and biological engineering, will discuss how agriculture, food and forest systems can support a bioeconomy that reverses climate change during a talk at 4 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 31. |
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Faculty Feb. 4 Coffee Hour: How to increase the public value of scientific research 01/24/2022 Arthur Lupia, the Gerald R Ford Distinguished University Professor at the University of Michigan, will discuss how to develop more effective communication strategies to reach and engage the public at 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 4. |
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Faculty Graduate student selected for prestigious U.S. Department of Energy program 01/21/2022 Penn State graduate student Ryan Fair is currently participating in the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) program at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California. |
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Faculty Cold-sintering may open door to improved solid-state battery production 01/21/2022 Penn State researchers have proposed an improved method of solid-state battery production that enables multi-material integration for better batteries -- cold sintering. |
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Faculty Form fit: Device wraps around hot surfaces, turns wasted heat to electricity 01/21/2022 A new flexible thermoelectric generator can wrap around pipes and other hot surfaces and convert wasted heat into electricity more efficiently than previously possible, according to scientists at Penn State and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory. |
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Faculty Libraries launches ROAM, an expanded open educational resources repository 01/21/2022 Penn State University Libraries' Open Publishing unit recently launched ROAM, a newly expanded online publication service for openly licensed educational materials authored by Penn State faculty. |
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2022 Materials Spotlight series kicks off Jan. 27 with “The Future of Plastics” 01/20/2022 The first edition of the 2022 Materials Spotlight Series, "The Future of Plastics," will be held from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Jan. 27 on the virtual platform Gather.Town |
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Faculty EarthTalks: Erica Smithwick to discuss changing climate narrative, conference 01/19/2022 Penn State attendee and COP26 presenter Erica Smithwick, distinguished professor of geography, will discuss key takeaways from the climate conference and the need to change the climate narrative during a talk at 4 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 24. |
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Faculty Post-fire forest recovery tools developed 01/18/2022 Restocking forest patches after fires is important but relies on landscape and local factors, making successful tree replacement and forest recovery difficult. Now, a team of geographers analyzed forest recovery to develop aids for managers in maintaining forests. |