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Porous plastic sheets can cool buildings by radiating light to space

February 05, 2025

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Q&A: $2.5M grant to help reduce emissions, inefficiencies in industrial systems

January 15, 2025

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WATCH: Mixing up carbon-neutral concrete solutions in the College of Engineering

December 19, 2024

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Q&A: How do roads and bridges contribute to pollution, and what can be done?

November 22, 2024

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Engineering professor awarded medal, lecture by the American Geophysical Union

September 27, 2024

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Two engineering faculty members named fellows of STEM leadership program

August 08, 2024

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Q&A: Achieving energy literacy through decarbonization research

July 30, 2024

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Making rechargeable batteries more sustainable with fully recyclable components

July 08, 2024

Engineering graduate student receives Department of Energy IBUILD fellowship

July 08, 2024

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Research tackling climate change with machine learning wins best paper award

June 10, 2024

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Q&A: Decarbonizing steel manufacturing

May 07, 2024

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Electrical engineering professor selected as 2024-25 Fulbright Scholar for Peru

April 17, 2024

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Q&A: Greener power solutions for communities

March 26, 2024

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Sun and space: Harnessing cold universe and solar power for renewable energy

March 13, 2024

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Nuclear engineering faculty member Miaomiao Jin receives 2024 NSF CAREER Award

March 05, 2024

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Symposium to focus on forging new partnerships in climate research, solutions

December 04, 2023

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Researchers predict climate change-driven reduction in beneficial plant microbes

November 20, 2023

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Vikash Gayah named interim director of Larson Transportation Institute

August 11, 2023

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New study reveals possible future health impacts related to climate mitigation

May 18, 2023

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Temperature is stronger than light and flow as driver of oxygen in US rivers

April 06, 2023

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Mathematical model provides bolt of understanding for lightning-produced X-rays

March 30, 2023

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Scientists identify new mechanism of corrosion

February 22, 2023

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Climate plays large role in carbon release from streams, researchers find

November 22, 2022

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Assistant research professor receives innovation, green electrochemistry awards

November 18, 2022

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College of Engineering surpasses $500M in external awards in less than 5 years

October 31, 2022

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Population aging, economic status may amplify air pollution health impacts

October 24, 2022

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Q&A with Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding

October 21, 2022

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Aerospace engineering department head at helm of aviation safety report

October 20, 2022

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Researchers to holistically assess buildings' thermal resilience, sustainability

October 11, 2022

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Researchers to engineer synthetic anaerobic bacteria to capture, convert methane

September 26, 2022

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New grant continues Arctic research addressing climate change and communities

September 21, 2022

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Penn State shares $25M DOE grant to study climate change impacts and adaptation

September 19, 2022

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IEE leadership helps shape report to NSF on climate change, role of engineering

September 13, 2022

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New type of semiconductor may advance low-energy electronics

July 25, 2022

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PlantVillage Team awarded $1M in Elon Musk XPRIZE Carbon Removal Competition

April 22, 2022

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Ecology grad student awarded $100K XPRIZE in Carbon Removal Competition

April 21, 2022

Surviving in Place: Environmental archeology in Madagascar

April 18, 2022

Water floods a paved road.

Penn State joins $360 million national water research effort

April 11, 2022

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Warming climate to result in reduced corn production; irrigation blunts effect

February 21, 2022

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Study abroad program offers collaborative sustainability research experiences

February 10, 2022

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Ash trees may be more resilient to warming climate than previously believed

January 26, 2022

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Hopper-Dean family helps combat global hunger with PlantVillage matching fund

November 16, 2021

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Penn State-led team awarded $17M to study climate risk and adaptation strategies

October 19, 2021

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Mann to receive Leo Szilard Lectureship Award from American Physical Society

October 15, 2021

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University endorses climate change letter to world leaders

December 02, 2020

Thwaites Glacier

Ice melt projections may underestimate Antarctic contribution to sea level rise

October 08, 2020

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Anthropology researcher featured on climate change innovation podcast

August 19, 2020

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Community forum on climate research to be held on June 17

June 11, 2020

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More than 200 join Earth Day discussion on climate and carbon at Penn State

April 30, 2020

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Ancient rain gauge: New evidence links groundwater, climate changes in deep time

November 12, 2019

Research to Action: The Science of Drawdown

Climate conference to feature Penn State researchers Sept. 16-18

September 05, 2019

Research to Action: The Science of Drawdown

Climate conference to be livestreamed

September 05, 2019

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Shift to more intense rains threatens historic Italian winery

August 21, 2019

Research to Action: The Science of Drawdown

Global climate solution leaders to participate in Drawdown conference

August 12, 2019

Research to Action: The Science of Drawdown

Penn State to host first international conference on Project Drawdown research

May 20, 2019

Sky is clearing for using AI to probe weather variability

March 27, 2019

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Data scientist to discuss use of data assimilation in severe weather forecasting

March 20, 2019

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Study: Earth's ecosystems face 'major transformation' from climate change

September 05, 2018

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Weather patterns, farm income, other factors, may be influencing opioid crisis

January 24, 2018

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Penn State backs open letter to support Paris climate agreement

June 06, 2017

Blue-White Science Expo

Public invited to become fans of research at Blue-White Science Expo

April 10, 2017

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Simulation modeling is cream of the crop for ag researchers

May 20, 2016

New e-textbook offers an introduction to climate risk analysis tools

December 03, 2015

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Antarctica’s next top numerical model

November 13, 2015

Image of climate effects in PA, flood, sickness, ag, fishing and drought.

Penn State researchers assess the impacts of changing weather on Pennsylvania

September 14, 2015

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