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The following is a list of academic promotions for tenured and tenure-line faculty members at Penn State, effective July 1.

Swarming metamaterial robots could build bridges and other large structures 25 Feb 2021 Mechanical metamaterials developed at MIT (Credit: MIT) You’ve probably heard about army ants working collectively to build bridges with their bodies, but what about an army of swarming robots assembling structures with modular materials? It may sound dystopian and straight from the pages of a science-fiction novel, but this is exactly what could be possible in the future, according to ...

Ms. Cheney, having fended off a challenge to her House leadership role, was defiant in defending her impeachment vote and called for Republicans to be “the party of truth.”

Army robots made of robots? New LEGO-like method could make it happen January 30 Army and MIT’s way of linking metamaterials makes building a super mileage vehicles, like this one from collaborators Toyota Automotive Society, possible. Supermileage vehicles aim to get the most mileage out of a single tank of high-octane gasoline. (Kohshi Katoh, Toyota Automotive Society) Army scientists, along with university researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, have created a LEGO-l...

  SASKATOON -- Close to eight in 10 Saskatchewan respondents to a Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)-commissioned survey say the cost of psychological services is a very significant or somewhat significant barrier to accessing them. “This survey shines a light on the importance Canadians place on their mental health and the value they place on psychologists in helping people address their mental health problems,” CPA CEO Dr. Karen Cohen said in a news release. “Canadians are cl...