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The National Science Foundation is on the lookout for investigators who can see beyond today's frontiers of knowledge and will take a stab at the moving frontiers that lie beyond our current horizon, NSF director Arden L. Bement, Jr., told a group of top international glass scientists and high-level glass industry representatives gathered in Washington, D.C., earlier this month.

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Materials researchers develop a process for introducing semiconductor materials and metals into photonic crystal fibers, thereby opening the door to all optical communications.

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Some Eureka moments are more drawn out than others. For Pratik Mankidy, a Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Penn State, the timeframe from "aha" to understanding took the better part of a year.

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A tool that allows biologists to study bone-seeking breast cancer cells has been developed by materials researchers at Penn State University.

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Penn State researchers are finding new ways to harness the power of the sun using highly-ordered arrays of titania nanotubes for hydrogen production and increased solar cell efficiency.

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University Park has big plans for the emerging field of bionanomaterials, those small machines and man-made materials, often based on biological processes, used for biosensing, diagnosis and repair of the body.