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Huck Chair in Nanomedicine plans to take research from bench to bedside

June 04, 2025

New material could provide cooling through existing mechanical energy

June 02, 2025

The Cocoziello Institute of Real Estate Innovation has awarded seed grants to five interdisciplinary teams focused on housing, sustainability, aging in place, and more.

Cocoziello Institute of Real Estate awards seed funding to five research projects

May 19, 2025

Illustration of purple corkscrew shapes on a blue background

$2.7M NIH grant to fund first comprehensive syphilis test

May 01, 2025

The 17th annual Materials Visualization Competition "Best of Show" award went to “Nano soccer balls from nature” by Jinsol Choi, postdoctoral scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Winners announced for 17th annual Materials Visualization Competition

April 25, 2025

Faisal Mohammed Al-Faqeer will present the 2025 Richard E. Tressler Lecture at 3:05 p.m. on Thursday, April 24, in 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building on the Penn State University Park campus.

Saudi Aramco senior VP, Penn State alumnus to present Richard E. Tressler Lecture

April 18, 2025

Dean Lee Kump speaks at the NASEM Frontiers symposium

EMS experts promote research ties at National Academies US-African symposium

April 17, 2025

Arthur Martin will present the 2025 Richard E. Tressler Lecture at 3:05 p.m. on Tuesday, April 15, in 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building on the Penn State University Park campus.

Arkema executive Arthur Martin to present Richard E. Tressler Lecture on April 15

April 11, 2025

Urara Hasegawa, assistant professor at Penn State, in her lab

‘Patchy’ thermogels show next-gen biomedical material potential, scientists say

April 09, 2025

International Space Station science program director to present McFarland Lecture

March 31, 2025

Illustration of synthetic blood product next to microscopic images

$2.7M NIH grant to fund next generation of synthetic blood

March 31, 2025

Person working in a lab.

Biomedical engineering grad student earns American Heart Association fellowship

March 31, 2025

Old Main viewed through Armillary Sphere

Four Penn State faculty elected AAAS Fellows

March 27, 2025

Zhiqiang Mao named a fellow of the AAAS

March 27, 2025

Illustration of light emission from a molybdenum diselenide nanodot embedded in tungsten diselenide.

‘Nanodot’ control could fine-tune light for sharper displays, quantum computing

March 07, 2025

Two gloved hands holding a semiconductor wafer

Penn State to establish new advanced semiconductor lab

February 26, 2025

Illustration of a nanomaterial.

Material’s ‘incipient’ property could jumpstart fast, low-power electronics

February 25, 2025

Materials Visualization Competition (MVC16) Best of Show winner from 2024 was “A cryo microparticle” by Saman Zavari, graduate student, Department of Chemical Engineering, Penn State.

Now accepting submissions for annual Materials Visualization Competition

February 19, 2025

2025 NAE class - Susan Brantley, Long-Qing Chen and Russell Johns

Three Penn State faculty elected to National Academy of Engineering

February 18, 2025

John Mauro named head of Department of Materials Science and Engineering

February 12, 2025

Stylized image of a sensor on a hand

New smart sensor takes the pain out of wound monitoring

February 05, 2025

Laren Zarzar stands outside

Penn State chemist receives Presidential Early Career Award

January 31, 2025

Screengrab of video

WATCH: Tracking disease progression in technicolor

January 28, 2025

A metal square glowing red-orange

Getting over the hump to improve fuel cell manufacturing

January 21, 2025

Pictured is an RF magnetron sputtering system, one of the deposition tools used to make the films in this study

Proximity effect: Method allows advanced materials to gain new property

January 08, 2025

Duanchen Zhang named Earth and Mineral Sciences fall 2024 student marshal

December 18, 2024

Stylized image of a computer motherboard.

$3M grant targets integrated semiconductor for smarter, greener electronics

December 11, 2024

Image showing atoms being "painted" onto a substrate

Straining a material’s atomic arrangement may make for cleaner, smarter devices

December 05, 2024

Glass expert John Mauro stands near a glass display

Penn State glass expert John Mauro recognized by World Academy of Ceramics

December 02, 2024

Image of gray bone with red, yellow and green visible

New technique allows technicolor imaging of degenerative joint disease

October 25, 2024

A group of black and white photos of Penn State Faculty members.

Cocoziello Institute of Real Estate Innovation announces seed grant awardees

October 24, 2024

Graphic of perpendicular arrows over a dark rectangle next to a graph

Room temperature electrical control could heat up future technology development

October 24, 2024

Nelson Dzade portrait outside

EMS faculty member receives DOE Early Career Research Award

October 17, 2024

Robert Hickey, associate professor of materials science and engineering in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

Materials science and engineering professor to receive 2025 John H. Dillon Medal

October 15, 2024

Illustration of a human head with a network behind it

A matter of taste: Electronic tongue reveals AI inner thoughts

October 09, 2024

Taylor Lecture 2024

‘Materials for Energy Innovation’ theme for 2024 Nelson W. Taylor Lecture Series

October 09, 2024

Penn State professor Robert Hickey stands in his laboratory.

$4.5M grant to fund 3D-printed high-performance ceramics project

October 01, 2024

A lab instructor teaches an undergraduate student how to work safely in the lab.

New MatSE Safety Fund to support safety training for students, labs

October 01, 2024

This artistic illustration depicts the unique arrangement of atoms in high-entropy thermoelectric materials.

Waste heat to green energy: Approach boosts thermoelectric generator efficiency

September 24, 2024

Image of triangular 2d semiconductor on a substrate

Water-free manufacturing approach could help advance 2D electronics integration

September 20, 2024

a sample of LionGlass on a lab bench

Senior vice president for research provides updates on Penn State Research Foundation

September 05, 2024

PA Space Grant Consortium

NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant announces fellowship, scholarship winners for 2024

September 03, 2024

Factory floor at a semiconductor facility

Grant to help Penn State build semiconductor workforce in Pennsylvania

August 09, 2024

Four people on a stage

Laughs ring in Earth and Mineral Sciences alumni society 30th anniversary

July 23, 2024

Small pieces of crushed blue bottle glass

Message in a bottle: Combining mixed-color glass an option to boost recycling

July 22, 2024

Coin cell battery samples are arranged in plastic bags on a lab table.

Making rechargeable batteries more sustainable with fully recyclable components

July 08, 2024

A sensor conforms to a finger as the finger bends.

Self-assembling, highly conductive sensors could improve wearable devices

June 26, 2024

A split screen image of an ABB robot 3D printing mycelium-based composites at left and a close-up view of the extrusion nozzle while printing at right.

Architecture team receives grant to study 3D-printed sustainable materials

June 03, 2024

Danielle Hickey

Penn State professor awarded American Chemical Society grant

May 30, 2024

Pipette transferring liquid

Method for producing sulfur compounds in cells shows promise for tissue repair

May 17, 2024

Head of Nittany Lion Shrine

Forty-three undergraduates receive Erickson Discovery Grants

May 14, 2024

Clive Randall named Evan Pugh University Professor

May 03, 2024

A bust of Penn State's first president Evan Pugh located in the main lobby of Old Main.

Five faculty members honored with Evan Pugh University Professorships

May 03, 2024

Three people posing in a science lab, two men and one woman

‘Better than graphene’ material development may improve implantable technology

May 03, 2024

An individual in a lab wearing protective glasses and gloves handles a sample of a coin cell battery.

Cold sintering may rescue plastic, ceramics, battery components from landfills

May 02, 2024

Michael Mervosh and Brenden Franks

Mervosh and Franks named spring 2024 Earth and Mineral Sciences marshals

May 01, 2024

MVC Best of Show - Saman Zavari

Winners announced for 16th annual Materials Visualization Competition

April 23, 2024

Climate Solutions Accelerator

Penn State Climate Consortium awards 11 climate action workshops

April 18, 2024

Group of people standing in front of a fresco

Penn State, Morgan Advanced Materials partner to improve semiconductor materials

April 17, 2024

Melissa Marshall

Melissa Marshall to present 2024 Davis Ford McFarland Lecture on April 11

April 08, 2024

image of a furnace next to silicon chips

Silicon Carbide Innovation Alliance to drive industrial-scale semiconductor work

April 03, 2024

Jennifer Lalli to present 2024 Richard E. Tressler Lecture on March 28

March 20, 2024

Image of brochosomes, soccer-ball shaped spheroids that are produced by leafhoppers.

Backyard insect inspires invisibility devices, next gen tech

March 18, 2024

Robert J. Kumpf

Robert J. Kumpf to present 2024 Richard E. Tressler Lecture on March 14

March 12, 2024

Gray-scale electron microscopic image of nanoparticles on left, blue and yellow image of cancer cells and nanoparticles on right

GPS nanoparticle platform precisely delivers therapeutic payload to cancer cells

March 11, 2024

Penn State researchers show a new device that can harvest energy from magnetic field and ultrasound sources simultaneously, converting this energy to electricity that could power the next generation of implantable biomedical devices.

Dual-energy harvesting device could power future wireless medical implants

February 20, 2024

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Portrait of a person

Huck Chair in Nanomedicine plans to take research from bench to bedside

June 04, 2025

New material could provide cooling through existing mechanical energy

June 02, 2025

The Cocoziello Institute of Real Estate Innovation has awarded seed grants to five interdisciplinary teams focused on housing, sustainability, aging in place, and more.

Cocoziello Institute of Real Estate awards seed funding to five research projects

May 19, 2025

Illustration of purple corkscrew shapes on a blue background

$2.7M NIH grant to fund first comprehensive syphilis test

May 01, 2025

The 17th annual Materials Visualization Competition "Best of Show" award went to “Nano soccer balls from nature” by Jinsol Choi, postdoctoral scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Winners announced for 17th annual Materials Visualization Competition

April 25, 2025

Faisal Mohammed Al-Faqeer will present the 2025 Richard E. Tressler Lecture at 3:05 p.m. on Thursday, April 24, in 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building on the Penn State University Park campus.

Saudi Aramco senior VP, Penn State alumnus to present Richard E. Tressler Lecture

April 18, 2025

Dean Lee Kump speaks at the NASEM Frontiers symposium

EMS experts promote research ties at National Academies US-African symposium

April 17, 2025

Arthur Martin will present the 2025 Richard E. Tressler Lecture at 3:05 p.m. on Tuesday, April 15, in 101 Agricultural Sciences and Industries Building on the Penn State University Park campus.

Arkema executive Arthur Martin to present Richard E. Tressler Lecture on April 15

April 11, 2025

Urara Hasegawa, assistant professor at Penn State, in her lab

‘Patchy’ thermogels show next-gen biomedical material potential, scientists say

April 09, 2025

International Space Station science program director to present McFarland Lecture

March 31, 2025

Illustration of synthetic blood product next to microscopic images

$2.7M NIH grant to fund next generation of synthetic blood

March 31, 2025

Person working in a lab.

Biomedical engineering grad student earns American Heart Association fellowship

March 31, 2025

Old Main viewed through Armillary Sphere

Four Penn State faculty elected AAAS Fellows

March 27, 2025

Zhiqiang Mao named a fellow of the AAAS

March 27, 2025

Illustration of light emission from a molybdenum diselenide nanodot embedded in tungsten diselenide.

‘Nanodot’ control could fine-tune light for sharper displays, quantum computing

March 07, 2025

Two gloved hands holding a semiconductor wafer

Penn State to establish new advanced semiconductor lab

February 26, 2025

Illustration of a nanomaterial.

Material’s ‘incipient’ property could jumpstart fast, low-power electronics

February 25, 2025

Materials Visualization Competition (MVC16) Best of Show winner from 2024 was “A cryo microparticle” by Saman Zavari, graduate student, Department of Chemical Engineering, Penn State.

Now accepting submissions for annual Materials Visualization Competition

February 19, 2025

2025 NAE class - Susan Brantley, Long-Qing Chen and Russell Johns

Three Penn State faculty elected to National Academy of Engineering

February 18, 2025

John Mauro named head of Department of Materials Science and Engineering

February 12, 2025

Stylized image of a sensor on a hand

New smart sensor takes the pain out of wound monitoring

February 05, 2025

Laren Zarzar stands outside

Penn State chemist receives Presidential Early Career Award

January 31, 2025

Screengrab of video

WATCH: Tracking disease progression in technicolor

January 28, 2025

A metal square glowing red-orange

Getting over the hump to improve fuel cell manufacturing

January 21, 2025

Pictured is an RF magnetron sputtering system, one of the deposition tools used to make the films in this study

Proximity effect: Method allows advanced materials to gain new property

January 08, 2025

Duanchen Zhang named Earth and Mineral Sciences fall 2024 student marshal

December 18, 2024

Stylized image of a computer motherboard.

$3M grant targets integrated semiconductor for smarter, greener electronics

December 11, 2024

Image showing atoms being "painted" onto a substrate

Straining a material’s atomic arrangement may make for cleaner, smarter devices

December 05, 2024

Glass expert John Mauro stands near a glass display

Penn State glass expert John Mauro recognized by World Academy of Ceramics

December 02, 2024

Image of gray bone with red, yellow and green visible

New technique allows technicolor imaging of degenerative joint disease

October 25, 2024

A group of black and white photos of Penn State Faculty members.

Cocoziello Institute of Real Estate Innovation announces seed grant awardees

October 24, 2024

Graphic of perpendicular arrows over a dark rectangle next to a graph

Room temperature electrical control could heat up future technology development

October 24, 2024

Nelson Dzade portrait outside

EMS faculty member receives DOE Early Career Research Award

October 17, 2024

Robert Hickey, associate professor of materials science and engineering in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences

Materials science and engineering professor to receive 2025 John H. Dillon Medal

October 15, 2024

Illustration of a human head with a network behind it

A matter of taste: Electronic tongue reveals AI inner thoughts

October 09, 2024

Taylor Lecture 2024

‘Materials for Energy Innovation’ theme for 2024 Nelson W. Taylor Lecture Series

October 09, 2024

Penn State professor Robert Hickey stands in his laboratory.

$4.5M grant to fund 3D-printed high-performance ceramics project

October 01, 2024

A lab instructor teaches an undergraduate student how to work safely in the lab.

New MatSE Safety Fund to support safety training for students, labs

October 01, 2024

This artistic illustration depicts the unique arrangement of atoms in high-entropy thermoelectric materials.

Waste heat to green energy: Approach boosts thermoelectric generator efficiency

September 24, 2024

Image of triangular 2d semiconductor on a substrate

Water-free manufacturing approach could help advance 2D electronics integration

September 20, 2024

a sample of LionGlass on a lab bench

Senior vice president for research provides updates on Penn State Research Foundation

September 05, 2024

PA Space Grant Consortium

NASA Pennsylvania Space Grant announces fellowship, scholarship winners for 2024

September 03, 2024

Factory floor at a semiconductor facility

Grant to help Penn State build semiconductor workforce in Pennsylvania

August 09, 2024

Four people on a stage

Laughs ring in Earth and Mineral Sciences alumni society 30th anniversary

July 23, 2024

Small pieces of crushed blue bottle glass

Message in a bottle: Combining mixed-color glass an option to boost recycling

July 22, 2024

Coin cell battery samples are arranged in plastic bags on a lab table.

Making rechargeable batteries more sustainable with fully recyclable components

July 08, 2024

A sensor conforms to a finger as the finger bends.

Self-assembling, highly conductive sensors could improve wearable devices

June 26, 2024

A split screen image of an ABB robot 3D printing mycelium-based composites at left and a close-up view of the extrusion nozzle while printing at right.

Architecture team receives grant to study 3D-printed sustainable materials

June 03, 2024

Danielle Hickey

Penn State professor awarded American Chemical Society grant

May 30, 2024

Pipette transferring liquid

Method for producing sulfur compounds in cells shows promise for tissue repair

May 17, 2024

Head of Nittany Lion Shrine

Forty-three undergraduates receive Erickson Discovery Grants

May 14, 2024

Clive Randall named Evan Pugh University Professor

May 03, 2024

A bust of Penn State's first president Evan Pugh located in the main lobby of Old Main.

Five faculty members honored with Evan Pugh University Professorships

May 03, 2024

Three people posing in a science lab, two men and one woman

‘Better than graphene’ material development may improve implantable technology

May 03, 2024

An individual in a lab wearing protective glasses and gloves handles a sample of a coin cell battery.

Cold sintering may rescue plastic, ceramics, battery components from landfills

May 02, 2024

Michael Mervosh and Brenden Franks

Mervosh and Franks named spring 2024 Earth and Mineral Sciences marshals

May 01, 2024

MVC Best of Show - Saman Zavari

Winners announced for 16th annual Materials Visualization Competition

April 23, 2024

Climate Solutions Accelerator

Penn State Climate Consortium awards 11 climate action workshops

April 18, 2024

Group of people standing in front of a fresco

Penn State, Morgan Advanced Materials partner to improve semiconductor materials

April 17, 2024

Melissa Marshall

Melissa Marshall to present 2024 Davis Ford McFarland Lecture on April 11

April 08, 2024

image of a furnace next to silicon chips

Silicon Carbide Innovation Alliance to drive industrial-scale semiconductor work

April 03, 2024

Jennifer Lalli to present 2024 Richard E. Tressler Lecture on March 28

March 20, 2024

Image of brochosomes, soccer-ball shaped spheroids that are produced by leafhoppers.

Backyard insect inspires invisibility devices, next gen tech

March 18, 2024

Robert J. Kumpf

Robert J. Kumpf to present 2024 Richard E. Tressler Lecture on March 14

March 12, 2024

Gray-scale electron microscopic image of nanoparticles on left, blue and yellow image of cancer cells and nanoparticles on right

GPS nanoparticle platform precisely delivers therapeutic payload to cancer cells

March 11, 2024

Penn State researchers show a new device that can harvest energy from magnetic field and ultrasound sources simultaneously, converting this energy to electricity that could power the next generation of implantable biomedical devices.

Dual-energy harvesting device could power future wireless medical implants

February 20, 2024

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