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

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

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Evan Pugh bust with Chen, van Duin, and Thole's headshot portraits
Penn State names five new Evan Pugh University Professors

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

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Joshua Robinson standing in the gardens at the Millennium Science Complex
Materials science and engineering professor Joshua Robinson named MRI director

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

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Nitin Samarth in his lab
Physicist Nitin Samarth elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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

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3D-printed brain sensors may unlock personalized neural monitoring

By Ty Tkacik

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a three-atomic-layer gallium film sandwiched between graphene and a silicon carbide substrate
Unlocking unusual superconductivity in a lightweight element

By Sam Sholtis

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Margaret Busse, pictured, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and Institute for Energy and the Environment co-funded faculty
Digital Twins Hub’s Faculty-in-Residence Program highlights mentorship, research

The Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences’ Digital Twins Hub enables faculty-student research project…

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Winners announced for 18th annual Materials Visualization Competition

By Heather Dehnel

The winners of the 18th annual Materials Visualization Competition (MVC) have been announced. MVC is a…

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