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Integrating dimensions to get more out of Moore’s Law and advance electronics

Today's most advanced chips house nearly 50 billion transistors within a space no larger than your thumbnail. The task of cramming even more transistors into that confined area has become more and more difficult, according to Penn State researchers.
11-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Materials Research Institute names 2023 Roy Award winners

Six Penn State materials researchers have received the 2023 Rustum and Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award, covering a wide range of research with societal impact.
11-Dec-2023 10:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

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NIH diversity grant to fund student’s 3D bioprinting research

Bioprinted, lab-grown networks of blood vessels in tissue could advance research on a variety of vascular diseases that affect millions of people worldwide, according to Angie Castro, a doctoral student pursuing a degree in chemical engineering at...
7-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Tiny bubbles could reveal immune cell secrets and improve treatments

Realizing the full potential of macrophage therapies relies on being able to see what these cellular allies are doing inside our bodies, and a team of Penn State researchers may have developed a way to watch them do their thing.
7-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Can AI crave a favorite food?

Can artificial intelligence (AI) get hungry? Develop a taste for certain foods? Not yet, but a team of Penn State researchers is developing a novel electronic tongue that mimics how taste influences what we eat based on both needs and wants,...
7-Dec-2023 12:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Thicker, denser, better: New electrodes may hold key to advanced batteries

To improve battery performance and production, Penn State researchers and collaborators have developed a new fabrication approach that could make for more efficient batteries that maintain energy and power levels.
28-Aug-2023 4:35 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Mussels inspire an eco-friendly way to extract critical rare earth elements

For clean, environmentally friendly rare earth element extraction, Penn State researchers found inspiration under the sea: mussel stickiness.
11-Aug-2023 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Zentropy and the art of creating new ferroelectric materials

Systems in the Universe trend toward disorder, with only applied energy keeping the chaos at bay. The concept is called entropy, and examples can be found everywhere: ice melting, campfire burning, water boiling. Zentropy theory, however, adds...
11-Aug-2023 9:00 AM EDT Add to Favorites


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The Penn State Materials Research Institute (MRI) is an interdisciplinary organization for engaging strategic research at the cross-section of education, science, and innovation. Our activities span the physical, engineering, and life sciences, and draw upon the expertise of a diverse faculty in departments across the campus. The key characteristics of this organization are an entrepreneurial and collaborative faculty culture, core facilities with technical staff and state-of-the-art equipment, three buildings dedicated to interdisciplinary materials research, and continuous support provided by the University. Our faculty and programs are driven by excellence in science and education, by long-term partnerships with industry and the Commonwealth, and by a commitment to achieving real world impact.

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