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Earth and Mineral Sciences

Earth and Mineral Sciences

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EESI EarthTalks: A conversation about diversity in law, environmental science

Kate Freeman

Freeman awarded 2020 Nemmers Prize in Earth Sciences

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Research lays groundwork for ultra-thin, energy efficient photodetector on glass

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New bacterial testing method to improve health care, food safety and more

produced sulfur and plasma discharge

New sulfur dioxide conversion method may transform current industrial techniques

Penn State faculty, student honored

Penn State materials scientists to earn key awards at annual meeting

Joep van Dijk and Alvaro Fernandez in Argentina

Researchers use minerals from ancient soils to reconstruct past climate

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Virtual seminar examines legal environment surrounding greenhouse gas initiative

J.P. Maria

Jon-Paul Maria elected fellow of American Ceramic Society

Rock samples containing pyrite and iron oxide

Landscape to atomic scales: Researchers apply new approach to pyrite oxidation

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Virtual EarthTalks seminar examines anti-racism reckoning in higher education

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Penn State alumnus William Woodford to receive the David Ford McFarland Award

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Greenhouse effect of clouds instrumental in origin of tropical storms

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Cold vibrations: Researchers to study the movement of thawing Arctic permafrost

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Uncertainties key to balancing flood risk and cost in elevating houses

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