Penn State Food Scientist Turns Avocado Pits Into Natural Food Coloring
When avocado pits are pulverized, an enzymatic reaction produces a bright orange color.
Low Cost, Scalable Water-Splitting Fuels The Future Hydrogen Economy
A team of scientists have come one step closer to inexpensive, clean hydrogen fuel with a lower cost and industrially scalable catalyst that produces pure hydrogen through a low-energy water-splitting process.
Grant Focuses On 'Hydrogen Sponge' For Use In Fuel-Cell Vehicles
Finding practical hydrogen storage technologies for vehicles powered by fuel cells is the focus of a $682,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Energy, awarded to Mike Chung.
Investigational Cancer Compound Receives FDA Approval To Begin Human Trials
An investigational compound developed by Penn State researchers that targets and destroys cancer cells while leaving healthy cells unharmed has been approved for phase one clinical human trials by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).