In its mission to transform the way we generate, supply, transmit, store and use energy, the Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC),…

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Physicists implement a version of Maxwell's famous thought experiment for reducing entropy

Careful sample preparation, electron tomography and quantitative analysis of 3D models provides unique insights into the inner…

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Through her research, Boschitsch hopes that she can make an impact far beyond the walls of the Penn State Department of Mechanical and…

The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $1.8 million to a team of scientists led by John Badding, to establish the NSF…

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A team of researchers from Penn State’s Materials Research Institute and the University of Utah has developed a wearable energy…

A self-healing membrane that acts as a reverse filter, blocking small particles and letting large ones through, is the "straight out of…

Daniel Cosgrove in his lab

The Center for Lignocellulose Structure and Formation (CLSF) is receiving its third round of funding, and it was one of only nine…