Penn State: Digging Into the Past - Forgotten Soil Samples are Opportunity for New Research
April 06, 2023
April 06, 2023
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pennsylvania, April 6 (TNSres) -- Pennsylvania State University issued the following news on April 5, 2023:
While most time capsules found on campus feature pop-culture relics like vintage copies of the Daily Collegian newspaper, the College of Agricultural Sciences has unearthed a different kind of relic: sealed jars of soil samples collected by Penn State researchers in 1915 and 1933.
Recently, the first jar was opened by a group of researchers, who s . . .
While most time capsules found on campus feature pop-culture relics like vintage copies of the Daily Collegian newspaper, the College of Agricultural Sciences has unearthed a different kind of relic: sealed jars of soil samples collected by Penn State researchers in 1915 and 1933.
Recently, the first jar was opened by a group of researchers, who s . . .