Pile of used, empty plastic bottles

A plastic bottle tossed into a recycling bin could one day help power an electric vehicle, smartphone or renewable energy storage…

MD Mashfiqur Rahman, doctoral candidate in engineering science and mechanics, preparing artificial permafrost in a lab in the Millennium Science Complex

By Jamie Oberdick

In a Penn State lab, a small cylinder of soil sits wired with sensors, slowly cooling as it mimics conditions…

Woman in lab looking through eyepieces on an electrical charge reading machine

Betul Akkopru-Akgun, assistant research professor in Penn State's Department of Materials Science and Engineering and the Materials…

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Twelve research projects have been selected for the 2026 Penn State Commercialization GAP Fund. Awarded projects receive $75,000 in…

Man in lab posing in a blue jacket and blue striped shirt

Chao-Yang Wang, William E. Diefenderfer Chair in Mechanical Engineering and professor of mechanical engineering, of chemical…

Man with glasses in gray suit jacket posing outside

Yinming Shao, assistant professor of physics at Penn State, has been honored with the Downsbrough Early Career Professorship in Physics…