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.

By Jamie Oberdick

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A vital tool for healthcare practitioners, electroencephalography (EEG) systems measure…

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.

Music lovers may one day be able to blast their favorite artists, headphone-free, without angering the neighborhood or colleagues,…

image of a sensor on a finger

High blood pressure, formally known as hypertension, is a leading cause of heart disease in the United States, impacting nearly half of…

Herbert A McKinstry, age 86

By Jamie Oberdick

Herbert A. McKinstry, a pioneering materials scientist, educator, community activist and founding faculty…

An internal view of the reactor system that efficiently converts carbon dioxide and renewable electricity into methane.

An international team, led by Penn State’s Institute of Energy and the Environment Director Bruce Logan, has developed a new reactor…

Evan Pugh bust with Chen, van Duin, and Thole's headshot portraits

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Five Penn State professors have been named…

Joshua Robinson standing in the gardens at the Millennium Science Complex

Robinson, director of the Penn State Silicon Carbide Innovation Alliance and director of strategic research initiatives for the…

Nitin Samarth in his lab

Nitin Samarth, Verne M. Willaman Professor of Physics and professor of materials science and engineering, has been elected a member of…