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Faculty Spotlight: Lauren Zarzar In The Midst Of Change

That constant change is what motivates materials scientist Lauren Zarzar in her research.

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Inaugural CRAFT Center Workshop Highlights Fiber Technology

CRAFT is about the next generation in textiles and devices

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Six Receive Faculty Scholar Medals

Six University faculty members have received the 2017 Faculty Scholar Medals for Outstanding Achievement.

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Fast Capture Of Cancer Markers Will Aid In Diagnosis And Treatment

Highly illustrated drawing of lipid nanoprobes

A nanoscale product of human cells that was once considered junk is now known to play an important role in intercellular communication and in many disease processes, including cancer metastasis.

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Rapid Screening Machine Can Read And Separate Protein Sequences

The structural properties of proteins that could eventually become important materials for manufacturing and medicine are revealed by a novel optical technique that works rapidly to sort through amino acid sequences even inside living bacteria.

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Method Improves Semiconductor Fiber Optics, Paves Way For Developing Devices

A new method to improve semiconductor fiber optics may lead to a material structure that might one day revolutionize the global transmission of data.

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Stenciling With Atoms In Two-Dimensional Materials

Penn State researchers report two discoveries that will provide a simple and effective way to “stencil” high quality 2D materials in precise locations and overcome a barrier to their use in next-generation electronics.

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Research Breakthrough: Cold Sintering

Research Breakthrough: Cold sintering of ceramics instead of high-temperature firing

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Penn State Food Scientist Turns Avocado Pits Into Natural Food Coloring

When avocado pits are pulverized, an enzymatic reaction produces a bright orange color.

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Low Cost, Scalable Water-Splitting Fuels The Future Hydrogen Economy

A team of scientists have come one step closer to inexpensive, clean hydrogen fuel with a lower cost and industrially scalable catalyst that produces pure hydrogen through a low-energy water-splitting process.

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