aerial view of the Amazon

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. – Rocks, rain and carbon dioxide help control Earth’s climate over thousands of years —…

Illustration showing humidity sensors in between layers of a diaper

By Adrienne Berard

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Waaahhh! While babies have a natural mechanism for alerting…

Stylized graphic of a needle bandage stopping bleeding at a microscopic level

By Mary Fetzer

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A soldier suffers a serious gunshot wound on a remote battlefield or a machinist has a…

Gas sensor capabilitites

By Mariah R. Lucas

When used as wearable medical devices, stretchy, flexible gas sensors can identify health conditions or…

By Sam Sholtis

Nanoparticles are complex materials smaller than 100 nanometers, or about the size of a virus, but they have a…

Man and two women in a lab readying a sample of cellulose

By Maria R. Lucas

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Cellulose nanocrystals — bio-based nanomaterials derived from natural resources such as…

Illustration of a probe gliding on a graphene surface

By Jamie Oberdick

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. - Sometimes friction is good, such the friction between a road and a car’s tires to…

People viewing a poster during a research poster session in a large room

By Jamie Oberdick

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — You are reading this because of materials.