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The mysteries at the edge of the solar system keep growing

The mysteries at the edge of the solar system keep growing

Unanswered questions are mounting about Uranus and Neptune.

Why it matters: The two cold, distant worlds could hold the key to figuring out why Earth ended up being so hospitable to human life — and understanding similar worlds beyond our solar system.

"The more we learn, the more we realize how little we actually did know about these two amazing planets," Kathleen Mandt, a planetary scientist at Johns Hopkins' Applied Physics Lab, told me.

Uranus and Neptune are the two major planets in the solar system ... Read more

Biden administration invokes Defense Production Act for clea

Solar panels at the site of a solar farm under construction in Portage, Pennsylvania, on April 25. Photo: Justin Merriman/Bloomberg via Getty Images

President Biden will shield solar project developers from the costs of potential trade p ... Read more

MyAdvisor provides wellness services for a modern workplace

MyAdvisor, a mental health and wellness care organization focused on helping employers provide wellness services to employees, is located in rural Ebensburg, Pennsylvania, but its reach is nationwide – and 24/7/365.

At a time when work ... Read more

Mopar Nationals a family affair for racing fans

Kurt Snyder

Reporter

Randy Slovikosky and his son started on a roadtrip Tuesday and ended up at the Mopar Nationals.

Dee Waters cooks for about 100 people while attending the Mopar Nationals each year.

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Christine Keating named Shapiro Professor of Chemistry

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Christine Keating, distinguished professor of chemistry at Penn State, has been named the Shapiro Professor of Chemistry. The professorship encourages new levels of achievement among promising faculty and provides resources to pursue new lines of research or innovative teaching methods. The professorship was established by the late Edward Shapiro, a 1937 alumnus of the department, and his wife Antoinette Post Shapiro, an alumnus of the College of the Liberal Arts.

Keating's research applies the approaches o ... Read more

Saia opens 3 LTL terminals in Kansas

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Saia announced the addition of three LTL freight terminals in Kansas, the latest step in its network expansion to ... Read more

Cornell visits Saint Francis (PA) after Land's 26-point perf

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Cornell Big Red (1-1) at Saint Francis (PA) Red Flash (1-1)

Loretto, Pennsylvania; Monday, 7 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Saint Francis (PA) takes on the Cornell Big Red after Maxwell Land scored 26 points in Saint ... Read more

‘Honor Yourself Week’ Shines Light on Student Wellness

10/31/2022

By Ed Brennen

Encountering a conga line of 50 grinning students, all banging colorful plastic tubes together in the hallway outside the O’Leary Library auditorium on a recent Friday afternoon, first-year Honors ... Read more