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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.

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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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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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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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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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A new device to make laser-to-fiber and fiber-to-fiber connections within optical fiber packages has been named by R & D Magazine as one of the 100 most technologically significant products introduced into the market in 2006.

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A cheap and easily scalable technique to produce hydrogen from visible light is close to being a reality.

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Susan Trolier-McKinstry, Penn State professor of ceramic science and engineering, has been selected as one of six distinguished scientists from U.S. universities to form the inaugural class of the Department of Defense's new National Security Science and Engineering Faculty Fellows Program. This program provides long-term funding to faculty scientists and engineers to pursue basic research of crucial importance to next-generation DoD technologies.

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A new imaging method for breast cancer has been developed by a team of scientists from Penn State utilizing encapsulated fluorescent molecules in calcium phosphate nanoparticles and non-toxic near infrared imaging.

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A nontoxic nanoparticle developed by researchers at Penn State University is proving to be an all-around effective delivery system for both therapeutic drugs and the fluorescent dyes that can track their delivery.