5+ hour, 42+ min ago  (747+ words) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. " An international team, led by Penn State's Institute of Energy and the Environment Director Bruce Logan, has developed a new reactor design that efficiently converts carbon dioxide and renewable electricity into methane " the primary component of natural…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (1273+ words) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. " Nitin Samarth, Verne M. Willaman Professor of Physics and professor of materials science and engineering, has been elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for distinguished contributions to the physical sciences. He is one…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (500+ words) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. " A tiny discrepancy in particle physics has loomed for decades as an exciting possible crack in one of science's most successful theories, hinting at unknown forces or quantum objects. Now, an international team led by a Penn…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (239+ words) Hilal Ezgi Toraman, assistant professor of energy and mineral engineering and chemical engineering at Penn State, is one of five faculty to be recognized as a rising star in chemical engineering by the journal ACS Engineering Au for her work…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (523+ words) Co-author Maria Englert, who graduated from Penn State in 2025, became involved with Sigmon's research on the recommendation of another mentor and said she learned far more than she expected. "The more we worked through the reactions and discussed methodologies with…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (251+ words) This year, four Penn State faculty members in the biological sciences, engineering and statistics joined a distinguished group of more than 300 Penn State researchers who have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science since 1906. "Credit:…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago  (201+ words) The researchers " who described their novel method as "fingerprinting" tannins " published the study in Food Chemistry. Using a combination of chemical analyzes, the approach separates complex mixtures, identifies molecular components and quantifies substances, even at low concentrations. In addition, the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (752+ words) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. " Christopher Kube, associate professor of engineering science and mechanics at Penn State, has been selected as a 2026 Distinguished Faculty Scholar at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The Distinguished Faculty Scholar Program supports faculty members who spend eight…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (566+ words) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. " Making computer chips smaller is not just about better design. It also depends on a critical step in manufacturing called patterning, where nanoscale structures are carved into materials to form the circuits inside everything from smartphones to…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago  (531+ words) Jay Amicangelo, right, a professor of chemistry at Penn State Behrend, is using a three-year, $330, 000 grant from the U. S. National Science Foundation to study hydrogenated radicals, which are believed to be essential to combustion. Credit: Penn State Behrend / Penn State. Creative…...