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Carbon capture and sequestration can help reduce CO2 emissions in the atmosphere, and a Penn State-led research team developed a modeling technique that can make identifying storage sites easier and cheaper. Credit: Creative Commons/LeJean Hardin and Jamie Payne

Pumping carbon dioxide underground may help combat the warming of the atmosphere but finding appropriate underground sites that could safely serve as reservoirs can be complicated.

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Amir Sheikhi, Penn State assistant professor of chemical engineering, found a new process to separate and recycle rare earth elements using plant cellulose, an inexpensive renewable resource found in paper, cotton and pulp, like the paper towel shown here. The vial contains the nanoparticles that are used to separate rare earth elements from old computers and circuit boards. Credit: Kate Myers

Penn State researcher details a new nanotechnology to separate neodymium using plant cellulose, which is found in paper, cotton and pulp.

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In Memory Of L. Eric Cross

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Artist’s conception of nanoparticle-carrying immune cells that target tumors and release drug-loaded nanoparticles for cancer treatment. Image credit: Jian Yang, Yixue Su

Many groups are working to discover new, safer ways to deliver drugs that fight cancer to the tumor without damaging healthy cells.

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