Enrique Gomez in the Materials Characterization Lab

Advanced imaging reveals a detailed understanding of the mechanisms driving a previously misunderstood material, researchers…

Amir Sheikhi in the lab

By Ty Tkacik

Despite rare earth elements’ importance in manufacturing cell phones, magnets and a host of other consumer and…

Plastic film over the Penn State athletics logo

Novel ‘polymer alloy’ material made of commercially available plastics demonstrates unprecedented performance at high…

image of a new printing method

By Ty Tkacik

Despite the prevalence of synthetic materials across different industries and scientific fields, most are developed…

Tillinger and Lee researching in their lab

By Ty Tkacik

Power sources used in devices found in or around biological tissue must be flexible and non-toxic, while still…

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly used to analyze medical images, materials data and scientific measurements, but many…