Read the latest news about research conducted by investigators in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. Our faculty and students are continually advancing technology, creating solutions and expanding knowledge with new and innovative research.
Penn State New Kensington awarded $75,000 grant
The West Penn Power Sustainable Energy Fund(WPPSEF) has awarded Penn State New Kensington $75,000 to aid in incorporating sustainability and best practices to the campus-led Corridor of Innovation and revitalization efforts in the city of New Kensington.
Graduate student pursues research passions with help of scholarships
Jason Munro, a doctoral student in materials science and engineering, credits two recent scholarships with allowing him to pursue research that’s both his passion and relevant to advancing the needs of society.
Researcher draws from physics to make labs, workplaces safer
According to research by John Mauro power-law distribution explains accidents in the workplace and how best to minimize them.
Fantastic plastics: Research collaboration could reshape injection molding
Ralph Colby has partnered with two other Penn State researchers to get a better basic understanding of how plastics cool from a liquid to solid shape in injection molding.
Faculty wins NSF CAREER Award to model structure of extreme weather events
One Penn State professor is seeking to create spatial statistical models for extreme events such as large forest fires, floods and heavy rainstorms to help make better decisions on infrastructure, preparation and mitigation.
Researcher tackling loss of healthy traditional diets in Morocco
Morocco's food landscape has been undergoing a major shift: Obesity is on the rise while traditional, healthy food is becoming more scarce. Penn State geography researcher Bronwen Powell wants to know what’s driving these trends.
Study sheds new light on forests' response to atmospheric pollution
How forests respond to elevated nitrogen levels from atmospheric pollution is not always the same. While a forest is filtering nitrogen as expected, a higher percentage than previously seen is leaving the system again as the potent greenhouse gas nitrous oxide, say researchers.
Researcher pulling from past to shape future of glass research
Glass has been a part of society for thousands of years, so it is easy for this material to become invisible and overlooked, but a Penn State materials scientist has laid out a plan to map the glass genome and advance the future of glass.
Athletic 'pull' increases campus diversity
The next time you see your favorite collegiate athlete on the field or court, think again about their road to getting there.
Rapidly rising bedrock may help delay Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse
The bedrock beneath West Antarctica is rising rapidly in response to the ongoing ice melt of the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, according to an international team of researchers, who indicated that their results have important implications for estimating future ice sheet stability and projections of ice mass losses.