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Cornell Tech is helping power the new $20M NSF AI Materials Institute at Cornell! The initiative will build off #CornellTech’s arXiv database, and our K–12 Initiative will help expand STEM access for students: news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

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National Science Foundation announces Cornell-led AI Materials Institute | Cornell Chronicle
The NSF, in partnership with Intel, will invest $20 million over five years to establish the Artificial Intelligence Materials Institute at Cornell, as part of the National Artificial Intelligence Res...
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July 29, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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💬 Got questions about phosphate pollution & how hydrogels can help?
STEPS scholar & lead author of a recent publication, Jiangfeng Xu, has answers!

🔗 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.langmuir.5c00679

#PhosphateRecovery #HydrogelTech #ScienceQandA #NSFfunded #NSFstories
June 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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A group of STEPS researchers, led by scholar Smitom Borah, recently published "Quantifying Summer Internal Phosphorus Loading in Large Lakes across the United States"!

🔗 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

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Quantifying Summer Internal Phosphorus Loading in Large Lakes across the United States
Internal phosphorus loading (IPL) can be a significant phosphorus (P) source in freshwater systems, often causing water-quality improvement delays. Despite its importance, IPL estimates are missing fo...
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June 5, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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Congratulations to Alondra Deras and Lucas Crane on earning best poster awards at the Association of Environmental Engineering and Science Professors Conference!

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June 2, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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We are proud to release 2 pivotal guides and accompanying videos aimed at enriching stakeholder engagement in both academic and community settings! Find the full article and find the resources here: steps-center.org/2025/05/21/s...

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STEPS releases stakeholder engagement guidance for researchers
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May 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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🏆Our education research team completed a highlight year! Read about it below ⬇️

steps-center.org/2025/05/14/s...

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STEPS' education team reaches 130,000 students this year with phosphorus sustainability message
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May 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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📣 PhosForUs has released the next TBL episode!
"Phosphorus Fertilization Insights from the Agricultural TBL" explores Eastern North Carolina's unique soil composition and legacy phosphorus with Dr.Luke Gatiboni.
open.spotify.com/episode/4sA2...

#podcast #phosphorus #nsffunded #nsfstories
Phosphorus Fertilization Insights from the Agricultural Triple Bottom Line Scenario Site in Eastern NC, with Dr. Luke Gatiboni
PhosForUs · Episode
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May 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
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#tbt to P-Week! Dr. Anna-Maria Marshall recently did an interview with University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign News & discussed how nutrient pollution can harm surrounding ecosystems and industries.

🔗 las.illinois.edu/news/2025-04...

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Professor: What's good for plants is not always good for the environment
Phosporous runoff from fertilizing crops has been blamed for harmful algal blooms in bodies of water. (Stock image.)  The week of April 7-11, 2025, was recently named Phosphorous Week by Illinois Gov....
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May 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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What are you looking at??

That would be sweetcorn grown using biofertilizers! STEPS researches at University of Florida are growing sweetcorn in controlled setting to explore alternatives to conventional phosphorus fertilizers.

#sustainableagriculture #corn #nsffunded #nsfstories
April 29, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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My #NSFStories are far from unique. NSF is the scientific engine that makes the US research enterprise the envy of the world. We need NSF—for the discoveries it enables and the careers it builds.
April 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Our researchers from the Molecule Maker Lab Institute worked on an AlphaSynthesis tool which can extract chemical structures and reactions from papers! Super proud of everyone!

Check out the paper here:
doi.org/10.48550/arX...

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April 18, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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💡The governors of NC, IL, & WI have officially proclaimed this week P-Week! These proclamations recognize the broad importance of P to each state's key industries, population, & environment.
🔗 Read more about the proclamations and see them online: lnkd.in/eE3DXNVp

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April 8, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Our MMLI team at Penn State University just published a new paper - minChemBio - to expand chemical synthesis with chemoenzymatic pathways using minimal transitions! Congratulations, Mohit Anand, Vikas Upadhyay and Costas Maranas! doi.org/10.1021/acss...
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minChemBio: Expanding Chemical Synthesis with Chemo-Enzymatic Pathways Using Minimal Transitions
Chemo-enzymatic pathway design aims to combine the strengths of enzymatic with chemical synthesis to traverse biomolecular design space more efficiently. While chemical reactions often struggle with r...
doi.org
March 31, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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We would like to welcome Dr. Yicheng Yang to the STEPS Center as a postdoctoral researcher! He will be working at the University of Florida on P mitigation treatment technologies applied in South Florida! Welcome Yicheng!

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February 26, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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"Gaps in U.S. livestock data are a barrier to effective environmental and disease management", published by a STEPS team and others, was recently accepted by Environmental Research Letters!

🔗 Read in full: iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

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February 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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A team of STEPS researchers recently published “Machine learning-based identification of animal feeding operations in the United States on a parcel-scale” !

🔗 full article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Machine learning-based identification of animal feeding operations in the United States on a parcel-scale
The increasing global demand for meat and dairy products, fueled by rapid industrialization, has led to the expansion of Animal Feeding Operations (AF…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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Members of the STEPS education research team collaborated to solve a "wicked" problem: teaching phosphorus in the classroom!

Read the paper here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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February 4, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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STEPS researchers were recognized for their publication, which came late last year, in CSA News. The short summary provides an easily understandable summary of their important work! Read it here: acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... 🧪

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January 31, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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A huge congratulations to Drs Rubén Rellán-Álvarez & Terri Long on receiving presidential awards!

🔗 PECASE: lnkd.in/dsY4hWZS

🔗 PAESMEM: lnkd.in/gpve8_Fu

#presidentialaward #STEM #NSFstories
January 28, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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New STEPS publication titled "Unlocking the phosphorus circularity potential of corn belt watersheds with biorefinery phosphorus recovery incentives"!

Read the full article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Unlocking the phosphorus circularity potential of corn belt watersheds with biorefinery phosphorus recovery incentives
As global phosphorus (P) stores rapidly decline, P fed algal blooms continue to threaten critical freshwater resources across the globe. In the Midwes…
www.sciencedirect.com
January 23, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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Our scholars are not just talented researchers, but talented in their other passions! Scholar Christopher Oates' visual abstract was selected as the cover for the Environmental Au (ACS Publications) recent issue!

📲 See the full issue here : pubs.acs.org/toc/aeacc4/5/1

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January 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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🚨 STEPS researchers recently published an article that discusses the role eutrophication plays in affecting global systems!

📲 Video abstract: www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvZK...

🌱 Full article: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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A critical eutrophication–climate change link - Nature Sustainability
Nature Sustainability - A critical eutrophication–climate change link
www.nature.com
January 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Our director, Jacob Jones, has 3️⃣ great reasons for your company to become an IP/Commercialization Partner with STEPS!

📲 www.youtube.com/shorts/X8ckT...

🌿 Learn how to join us on our website: steps-center.org/our-partners/

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3 Reasons to Become an IP/Commercialization Partner with STEPS on Phosphorus Sustainability
YouTube video by STEPS Center
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January 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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The second way to partner with us is as an IP/Commercialization Partner! Learn more about this partnership below ⬇️

Learn how to join us on our website: steps-center.org/our-partners

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January 8, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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👫Working towards a more P sustainable future is a team effort & we want you to join us! Our director discusses the benefits of becoming a societal engagement partner.
📲 www.youtube.com/shorts/LB0JJ...
Learn more: steps-center.org/our-partners/

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Q&A with STEPS Director Jacob Jones: Why become a societal engagement partner with STEPS ?
YouTube video by STEPS Center
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January 7, 2025 at 5:20 PM