Science News
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Students Use Imagination and ‘Junk’ to Create Robot
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Penn State students use their imagination, recycled materials and a lawn and garden battery to create a robot named SAMM. It all started out as part of a marketing campaign aimed at shaping the future. The Centre County Report has details.
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Research Unplugged Returns to Schlow Library
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Research Unplugged, the Penn State series that brings together a broad range of University researchers and the State College community for lively public discussions, returns this spring at Schlow Centre Region Library.
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Students Designing Car that’s High on Performance, Low on Emissions
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Penn State students are working to design a fun-to-drive hybrid performance car that’s comfortable, and more importantly, easy on the environment. The Centre County Report introduces us to the EcoCar2 Team.
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A Penn State Professor’s Role in Creation of Birth Control Pill
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Over the years, there have been many scientists to make major discoveries while calling the Nittany Valley home. Why, in 1974 a surgeon and two Penn State engineers developed the world’s first long-life, rechargeable heart pacemaker. And, over a 30-year period beginning in 1946, a dairy scientist perfected commercially viable artificial insemination techniques…
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Project will Create Better Amazon Hydrology Model for Climate Prediction
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A Penn State-led team will develop an improved computer model of the Amazon that could ultimately help scientists better understand climate.
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Lunar Lions Aim for the Moon
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Penn State students are competing to win the Google Lunar X Prize which is worth $20 million. They hope to land a privately-funded spacecraft on the Moon by 2015 becoming the first to visit the moon in 40 years. The Centre County Report has details.