Event lifts curtain on a bright future for materials research
By Jamie Oberdick
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — You are reading this because of materials.
Penn State leads semiconductor packaging, heterogeneous integration center (JUMP 2.0)
By Ashley WennersHerron
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC)’s Joint University Microelectronics Program 2.0 (JUMP 2.0), a consortium of industrial partners in cooperation with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), has announced the creation of a $32.7 million, Penn State-led Center for Heterogeneous Integration of Micro Electronic Systems (CHIMES).
Controlled, localized delivery of blood thinner may improve blood clot treatment
By Mariah R. Lucas
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Heparin has long been used as a blood thinner, or anticoagulant, for patients with blood clotting disorders or after surgery to prevent complications. But the medication remains difficult to dose correctly, potentially leading to overdosing or underdosing.
Model shows how intelligent-like behavior can emerge from non-living agents
By Adrienne Berard
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — From a distance, they looked like clouds of dust. Yet, the swarm of microrobots in author Michael Crichton’s bestseller “Prey” was self-organized. It acted with rudimentary intelligence, learning, evolving and communicating with itself to grow more powerful.