2012 News Archive

  • Cross section of an optical fiber with a high-speed electronic junction

    Materials for First Optical Fibers with High-Speed Electronic Function are Developed

    February 5, 2012 - For the first time, a group of chemists, physicists, and engineers has developed crystalline materials that allow an optical fiber to have integrated, high-speed electronic functions. The potential applications of such optical fibers include improved telecommunications and other hybrid optical and electronic technologies, improved laser technology, and more-accurate remote-sensing devices. (Photo Credit: Badding Laboratory, Penn State)

  • Interdisciplinary Science Building Opens Doors to Researchers

    Interdisciplinary Science Building Opens Doors to Researchers

    January 11, 2012 - When Penn State's Millennium Science Complex opened its doors to researchers this fall, it inaugurated a new era of scientific discovery at the intersection of materials science, engineering, nanoscience and the life sciences at Penn State. (Photo Credit: Tim Tighe, Penn State)

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