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Penn State to establish new advanced semiconductor lab

By Jamie Oberdick

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Material’s ‘incipient’ property could jumpstart fast, low-power electronics

By Jamie Oberdick

Scientists at Penn State have harnessed a unique property called incipient ferroelectricity to create a new…

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Magnetic semiconductor preserves 2D quantum properties in 3D material

By Ashley WennersHerron

There is a big problem with quantum technology — it’s tiny. The distinctive properties that exist at the…

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Three Penn State faculty elected to National Academy of Engineering

Three faculty from Penn State’s College of Earth and Mineral Sciences (EMS) have been elected to the National Academy of Engineering (…

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New smart sensor takes the pain out of wound monitoring

Laser-made, ultra-thin material enables precise, self-powered tracking of healing wounds

By Jamie Oberdick

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Porous plastic sheets can cool buildings by radiating light to space

By Mariah Lucas

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Novel ‘living’ biomaterial aims to advance regenerative medicine

By Sarah Small

A biomaterial that can mimic certain behaviors within biological tissues could advance regenerative medicine,…

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Materials can remember a sequence of events in an unexpected way

By Gail McCormick

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