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Toyota award to support lithium-ion battery fire prevention research
by jco11@psu.edu

Chao-Yang Wang, William E. Diefenderfer Chair in Mechanical…

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Yinming Shao named Downsbrough Early Career Professor of Physics
by jco11@psu.edu

Yinming Shao, assistant professor of physics at Penn State, has…

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Treats to concrete: Penn State Bakery to use grad student’s carbon capture tech
by jco11@psu.edu

The Penn State Bakery has long supported the University community…

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Materials lab in national program to develop wearable eye health system
by jco11@psu.edu

By Emily Liu

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The advanced sensors and cameras that power self-driving cars struggle to adapt to changing lighting. A team of researchers, co-led by an engineer at Penn State, is taking inspiration from human biology to potentially solve this problem. Credit: Andrey Rykov/Getty Images. All Rights Reserved.
Artificial eyes could bring human-like sight to self-driving cars, robots
by jmm96@psu.edu

By Ty Tkacik

Although self-driving cars and sophisticated…

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New industry partnerships focus on enhancing state workforce, innovation
by jco11@psu.edu

The Materials Characterization Lab (MCL), part of the Materials…

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EEG electrodes are placed through hair during testing of a biogel designed by Penn State researchers to improve contact with the scalp for wearable brain-monitoring systems. The reusable material softens with gentle heat, reaches the skin and gels again as it cools.
Novel biogel may solve a hairy problem for wearable brain-monitoring systems
by jco11@psu.edu

By Jamie Oberdick

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A vital tool for…

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Researchers from Penn State have created a 3D-printed speaker covering that can tightly focus sound waves into a tiny point in space, like a magnifying glass focusing a beam of light.
3D-printed speaker cover can focus audio into a private ‘sound spot’
by jco11@psu.edu

Music lovers may one day be able to blast their favorite artists…

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