deteriorating concrete pillars
Q&A: Can minerals compromise concrete structures?

By Ty Tkacik

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Spinning up new flexible material for self-powered wearable sensors

By Jamie Oberdick

Could clothing monitor a person’s health in real time, because the clothing itself is a self-powered sensor? A…

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Opening Doors to Discovery: Penn State’s MRI offers undergraduates hands-on Research opportunities

By Jamie Oberdick

At Penn State’s Materials Research Institute (MRI), undergraduate students are gaining invaluable hands-on…

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Penn State’s Yang Yang honored for atomic-level understanding of materials

By Jamie Oberdick

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Tools of Discovery: How new equipment is powering research breakthroughs at Penn State

By Jamie Oberdick

From growing perfect crystals to testing materials in real-world conditions, Penn State’s advanced lab…

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$2M DARPA grant funds technology development for force-detecting sensors

By Sarah Small

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Gold clusters show promise as scalable options for quantum computers, sensors

By Gail McCormick

New study shows how gold nanoclusters mimic key properties of the most accurate systems currently used in…

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Endotest
Next-gen tech can detect disease biomarker in period blood

Proof-of-concept, at-home device can detect biomarker for endometriosis — a debilitating uterine disease — in 10 minutes;…

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