Seed grant funding available for energy, environmental research projects
The Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) announced the availability of seed grant funds intended to foster basic and applied interdisciplinary energy and environmental research.
Biological material boosts solar cell performance
Next-generation solar cells that mimic photosynthesis with biological material may give new meaning to the term "green technology."
Distant Suns, Distant Worlds
The habitable zone is a region within a solar system—a distance not too close and not too far from a sun—where a planet would have the conditions necessary to have liquid water on its surface, an important requirement for the existence of carbon-based life as we know it.
Professor-student partnership leads to medical testing startup
Two researchers at Penn State are hoping their accidental discovery could join the list of some of science’s most welcome surprises that revolutionized the way we approach medicine and medical testing.
EMS graduate poster competition and recognition event slated for Oct. 23
The College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) is hosting a fall graduate poster competition and recognition event to showcase and reward the exemplary research happening within the college’s graduate community.