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Tiny, soft robot flexes its potential as a life saver

By Jamie Oberdick

A tiny, soft, flexible robot that can crawl through earthquake rubble to find trapped victims or travel inside…

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Mechanical, biomedical engineering professor earns national recognition

By Mariah Lucas

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Beyond welding: Researchers 3D print two metals in single complex structure

By Mariah Lucas

A team of Penn State researchers used a new 3D-printing method to produce a complex metal build that was once…

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‘Audible enclaves’ could enable private listening without headphones

By Mariah Lucas

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Jainendra Jain named 2025 Wolf Prize laureate in physics

Jainendra K. Jain, Evan Pugh University Professor and Erwin W. Müller Professor of Physics and holder of the Eberly Family Chair in the…

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‘Nanodot’ control could fine-tune light for sharper displays, quantum computing

By Jamie Oberdick and Ashley WennersHerron

Newly achieved precise control over light emitted from incredibly tiny sources, a few…

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Penn State to establish new advanced semiconductor lab

By Jamie Oberdick

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Material’s ‘incipient’ property could jumpstart fast, low-power electronics

By Jamie Oberdick

Scientists at Penn State have harnessed a unique property called incipient ferroelectricity to create a new…

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