1+ hour, 59+ min ago   (497+ words) “There are not very many open, accessible 2D material facilities, not just in the U.S. but in the world itself,” Law said. “We are one of the few in North America that’s available for people to come and make 2D materials.” “These…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (428+ words) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — More accurate navigation systems and improved wireless communications may not come from traditional electronics, but rather from atoms. Researchers at Penn State and the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new way to…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (256+ words) UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Herbert A. McKinstry, a pioneering materials scientist, educator, community activist and founding faculty member of Penn State’s Materials Research Laboratory, passed away at the age of 101. Born on April 22, 1925, to Rev. Samuel McKinstry and Myrl (Beckwith) McKinstry,…...

2+ mon, 3+ week 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…...

3+ mon, 1+ week 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…...

3+ mon, 1+ week 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…...

3+ mon, 3+ week 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…...

3+ mon, 3+ week 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…...

3+ mon, 3+ week 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:…...

3+ mon, 3+ week 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…...