Iridescent Color Can Be Produced From Ordinary, Clear Droplets
Under the right conditions, ordinary clear water droplets on a transparent surface can produce brilliant colors, without the addition of inks or dyes.
Novel Technology Aims To Improve Lithium Metal Battery Life, Safety
Rechargeable lithium metal batteries with increased energy density, performance, and safety may be possible with a newly-developed, solid-electrolyte interphase (SEI), according to Penn State researchers.
Supercrystal: A Hidden Phase Of Matter Created By A Burst Of Light
“Frustration” plus a pulse of laser light resulted in a stable “supercrystal” created by a team of researchers led by Penn State and Argonne National Laboratory, together with University of California, Berkeley, and two other national labs.
PoreDesigner Improves Protein Channel Design For Water Treatment, Bioseparations
PoreDesigner, a fully automated computational workflow process for altering the pore size of a bacterial channel protein, is the result of a collaboration between researchers from Penn State and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.