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

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

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

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

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The Penn State Bakery has long supported the University community through baked goods and desserts. Now, with a system developed by…

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.

By Ty Tkacik

Although self-driving cars and sophisticated robots use advanced cameras, computer algorithms and artificial…