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Researchers from Pennsylvania State Ice and Climate Exploration Research Center and affiliated collaborators in Iceland. (Byron Parizek)
Northwestern University
Tuesday, January 03, 2023
A team of researchers from Penn State traveled to Iceland last year to study the impacts of climate change on glacial melt.
Tags: climate change, comer conference 2022
The Pennsylvania State University
Wednesday, May 18, 2016
Ultra-high efficiency solar cells similar to those used in space may now be possible on your rooftop thanks to a new microscale solar concentration technology developed by an international team of researchers.
Tags: solar, solar cells, high efficiency, penn state, Noel Giebink
The Pennsylvania State University
Thursday, April 10, 2014
Porous silicon manufactured in a bottom-up procedure using solar energy can be used to generate hydrogen from water, according to a team of Penn State mechanical engineers, who also see applications for batteries, biosensors and optical electronic
Tags: porous silicon, rescom, semiconductors, penn state, Lithium Ion battery
The Pennsylvania State University
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
This is the first silicon-based optical fiber with solar cell characteristics
A team of researchers is working on solar cell fabrics that could catch sunlight from various angles and one day power devices like smartphones.
Tags: penn state, sustainability, solar, solar cell, fabrics, optical fibers, Technology
The Pennsylvania State University
Monday, November 17, 2014
Inspiration can strike any time or place.
Tags: Simple Car Wash, Penn State Taylor Mitcham, waterless car wash
The Pennsylvania State University
Monday, December 16, 2013
Researchers in Germany have invented micromotors that can propel themselves through water while degrading organic pollutants.
Tags: micromotors, clean water, penn state, Ayusman Sen, contaminated water
The Pennsylvania State University
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Sound-powered nanomotors could be the future of medicine.
Tags: nanomotors, cancer, human cells, penn state, Pennsylvania State University, Mallouk Lab
The Pennsylvania State University
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
What's greasing the wheels of your elevator? If you're at Penn State, it could be something surprisingly edible.
Tags: penn state, sustainability, soy-based hydraulic fluid, biofuel, elevators, Technology, biobased, soy beans
The Pennsylvania State University
Monday, November 17, 2014
A group of Penn State students led by Assistant Professor of Biology Charles Anderson is exploring ways to make plants hardier, boosting world food supplies in the process.
Tags: Fast Farming, penn state, Charles Anderson, activation tagging, plants, genes, environmental stressors
The Pennsylvania State University
Monday, November 17, 2014
A new route to making graphene has been discovered that could make the 21st century's wonder material easier to ramp up to industrial scale. Graphene -- a tightly bound single layer of carbon atoms with super strength and the ability to conduct he