Broken bones regrow quickly with help of biodegradable implant

Group of researchers posing in a lab, three female and one male

Collaborating with orthopedic surgeons, a team led by biomedical engineering researchers at Penn State created CitraBoneQMg, an implantable biodegradable scaffold to support bone regrowth made by combining magnesium and glutamine with citric acid. They published research on their implant, for which they filed a U.S. patent application, in Science Advances.

Work by Stuckeman architecture researcher featured in Los Angeles exhibition

Flat woven geometric shapes

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A project led by Penn State researcher Felecia Davis that explores Black culture, its relationship to technology, and concepts of translation in architectural design is featured in the “Material Acts: Experimentation in Architecture and Design” exhibition that opened Sept. 28 at the Craft Contemporary arts museum in Los Angeles.

Qiming Zhang

Qiming Zhang

Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering

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Charles Bakis

Charles Bakis

Distinguished Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Director of Composite Manufacturing Technology Center

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