UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A new twist on a classic material could advance quantum computing and make modern data centers more energy…

Materials scientists can learn a lot about a sample material by shooting lasers at it. With nonlinear optical microscopy — a…

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Clive Randall, Evan Pugh University Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, has been elected as a fellow of the European…

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Building on a legacy of excellence in glass science and engineering, the new Center for Glass Research (CGR) was recently launched at…

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Researchers at Penn State develop new approach of building highly complex equations using limited data

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Researchers at Penn State demonstrate the first steps in the design of tiny particles that can perform specialized tasks,…

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Penn State commemorates 70 years since faculty member Erwin Müller became the first person to ‘see’ atoms