2012 Highlights |
Polar Bear Evolution Tracked Climate Change, New DNA Study Suggests |
Penn State partnership aims to reduce flooding in Pittsburgh area |
Penn State's EcoCAR 2 team wins six awards at Year One competition |
'Zombie-ant' fungus is under attack, research reveals |
New Research Reveals Deep-Ocean Impact of the Deepwater Horizon Explosion |
Unique salt allows energy production to move inland |
Tree rings may underestimate climate response to volcanic eruptions |
Food for the Future: A conversation with environmental historian Bryan McDonald |
Integrated weed management best response to herbicide resistance |
2011 Highlights |
New technique will lead to more efficient, flexible optical fibers |
Biofuel research boosted by discovery of how cyanobacteria make energy |
Satellite images of nighttime lights help track disease outbreaks |
Humans and Climate Contributed to Extinctions of Large Ice-Age Mammals, New Study Finds |
Rise of atmospheric oxygen more complicated than previously thought
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Possible cure for leukemia found by Penn State researchers |
Solar concentrator increases collection with less loss |
Lithium-sulfur battery research receives $5 million from DOE
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Marcellus Shale Research Network to track shale region's water quality |
Offshore wind power project awarded $1.2 million from Department of Energy |
'Inexhaustible' source of hydrogen may be unlocked by salt water |
Record-breaking Solar Cell Announced by Multinational Research Team |
Penn State team wins 4th place at national EcoCAR competition |
Polar climate change may lead to ecological change |
Climate-change-induced wildfires may alter Yellowstone forests |
Penn State leads in Honey Bee Health initiative |
Scientists sequence endangered Tasmanian devil's genome |
Salt marsh sediments help gauge climate-change-induced sea level rise |
New process cleanly extracts oil from tar sands and fouled beaches |
Green Roof Keeps PV Modules Cooler for More Power |
Penn State, Dalian University of Technology celebrate partnerships |
Video: Andre Boehman discussing new ways to use fossil fuels efficiently |
Video: Chao-Yang Wang explains research toward more efficient battery power |
New center to focus on battery, energy storage technology |
2010 Highlights |
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Huge challenges in scaling up biofuels infrastructure
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Penn State researchers 'whet' teen students' interest in water cycle
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Lone Whales Shout to Overcome Noise |
Critical Zone Field School Offers Hands-on Lessons in Soils, Hydrology, Geology, Vegetation |
Discovery of How Coral Reefs Adapt to Global Warming Could Aid Reef Restoration |
Hydrogeophysics Field Course Gives Students Hands-on Lesson in Surface Water Contamination |
Penn State solar-powered home gets new life at Bayer MaterialScience |
Students make final preparations for EcoCAR contest |
Roots meshed in waste materials could clean dirty water
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Invasive Plants Threaten PA Biodiversity, Shaver’s Creek Responds |
H.O. Smith Botanic Gardens dedicated at The Arboretum at Penn State |
Maya plumbing, first pressurized water feature found in New World
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Scientists Develop New Method for Tracking Seed Dispersal and Establishment |
Initiative to study Pennsylvania electricity markets and economics |
DNA from rare polar bear fossil sheds light on species' history |
Crustacean Cleanup: Crab shell chitin shows promise in remediating acid mine drainage |
Diversity of Corals, Algae in Warm Indian Ocean Suggests Resilience to Future Global Warming |
Southern African Genomes Sequenced: Benefits for Human Health Expected |
2009 Highlights |
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Researcher studying ways to handle huge quantities of biomass |
Probing Question: Why did mammals survive the K/T extinction |
Mammoth Achievement |
Global Warming Cycles Threaten Endangered Primates |
Monitoring Ozone for Air Quality Standards |
New technology for ultra-clean transportation fuels |
Melting permafrost impacts on Arctic Ecosystems |
Global Warming Causes Outbreak of Rare Algae Associated with Corals |
Dramatic Biological Responses to Global Warming in the Arctic |
Video features Penn State efforts to 'green up' Pittsburgh |
"Out of the Bog" - Penn State Outreach Magazine feature |
KAUST Investigator - A conversation with Bruce Logan |
Statewide study of well owners reveals good news, bad news |
Conference Highlights: Challenges and Opportunities in Wind Energy |
African initiative trains students, explores geophysical mysteries |
Stainless steel replaces platinum to produce hydrogen |
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2008 Highlights |
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Sea level rise alters bay's salinity |
 Underwater
Eden: Dispatches from Northeast Brazil |
Global
warming link to amphibian declines in doubt |
Origin of Alps-size Antarctic mountain range unknown |
Back
to the Future: Penn State researchers ar looking hard at cleaner technologies for coal |
Blight-resistant
American chestnut trees nearing reality |
AVGWLF Goes International |
Environmental engineers tackle the problem of water reuse in Centre County and around the world |
Mimicking
Nature: Nature inspires passive treatment technology for high-flow acidic mine drainage
discharges |
Protecting a Local Treasure: Best Management Practices on a Watershed Scale:
Analysis of Best Management Practices in the Spring Creek Watershed |
Global Warming Linked to Caribou-Calf Mortality |
Eight-Day Undersea Mission Begins Experiment to Improve Coral Reef Restoration |
Pennsylvania Sea Grant Helps State Develop Aquatic Invasive Species Management Plan |
Physical Oceanography, Biology, and Changing Climate
Glacier Bay National Park – a Living Laboratory |
Ancient leaves point to climate change effects on insects |
Gypsy Moth Management Made More Efficient, Cost-Effective |
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2007 Highlights |
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Aerobiologist Uses Computational Models and Web-Based Information Platform to Predict Spread of Agricultural
Pathogens |
Evalutating the effects of large-scale forest liming on forest reneration and water quality |
Aerial liming project completed in Quehanna Wild Area |
Penn State reseachers to collaborate on a web-based attraction focused on the 400th anniversary of John
Smith's "Voyages of Exploration" |
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