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Engineering To Benefit Humanity: Student Looks To Developing Nations

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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 Nuclear Engineering (MNE).

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3D Electron Microscopy Uncovers The Complex Guts Of Desalination Membranes

Careful sample preparation, electron tomography and quantitative analysis of 3D models provides unique insights into the inner structure of reverse osmosis membranes widely used for salt water desalination wastewater recycling and home use.

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Could A 'Demon' Help To Create A Quantum Computer?

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

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Van Duin Awarded DoE Funding To Continue Critical Energy Research

In its mission to transform the way we generate, supply, transmit, store and use energy, the Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC), housed within the U.S. Department of Energy, has selected two projects with participation by the Penn State Department of Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering for funding.

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Developing A Quick-Acting Foam For Treating Wounds On The Battlefield

A new grant will help Penn State researchers develop an innovative foam that helps seal wounds quickly.

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TED, Penn State And A Makerspace In Ghana

There is a scrapyard in Accra, Ghana, known as "Agbogbloshie," where e-waste goes to die — at least, that is the way it has been misrepresented and misunderstood by those on the outside.

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Shake, Rattle, And Roll To High Efficiency Photovoltaics

New insight into how a certain class of photovoltaic materials allows efficient conversion of sunlight into electricity could position these materials to replace traditional silicon solar cells.

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Enhancement Of Piezoelectric Properties In Organic Polymers All In The Molecules

The inability to alter intrinsic piezoelectric behavior in organic polymers hampers their application in flexible, wearable and biocompatible devices.

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Citrate-Based Biomaterial Fuels Bone Healing With Less Rejection

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A material based on a natural product of bones and citrus fruits, called citrate, provides the extra energy stem cells need to form new bone tissue.

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Penn State Researchers Developing New Technology To Advance Neuromodulation

A team of researchers is developing a minimally invasive technology for recording and modulating neurons that would allow for unprecedented large-scale neural stimulation and recording with high spatial resolution.

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