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Old wisdom meets new tech: Traditional Chinese medicine inspires pulse sensors

By Sarah Small

Continuously monitoring a person’s pulse can provide meaningful medical information, such as heart rate and,…

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Discovery could eliminate need to refrigerate vaccines and protein-based drugs

By Mallorie McIlwain and Adrienne Berard

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Q&A: $2.5M grant to help reduce emissions, inefficiencies in industrial systems

By Sarah Small

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A team led by researchers at Penn State recently received a $2,491,443 grant from the…

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Graduate student’s materials science research recognized by national society

By Jamie Oberdick

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Mingyu Yu, doctoral candidate in materials science and engineering at Penn State,…

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Mechanical engineering researchers awarded Office of Naval Research grants

By Mariah Lucas

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Proximity effect: Method allows advanced materials to gain new property

By Matthew Carroll

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Ferroelectrics are special materials with polarized positive and negative charges —…

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

By Jamie Oberdick

The microelectronics industry is nearing a tipping point. The silicon chips at the heart of everyday…

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

By Jamie Oberdick

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