Faculty Rubbery camouflage skin exhibits smart and stretchy behaviors 06/13/2022 A Penn State-led collaboration has harnessed special properties to create an artificial skin that mimics both the elasticity and the neurologic functions of cephalopod skin, with potential applications for neurorobotics, skin prosthetics, artificial organs and more. |
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Student Many Penn State summer camps back in person for first time since 2019 06/13/2022 Some popular Penn State youth camps that moved online or were canceled altogether over the past two years will be back in traditional in-person camp mode this summer. |
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Faculty Materials Science and Engineering professor receives MRS Impact Award 06/07/2022 Kwadwo Osseo-Asare, distinguished professor of materials science and engineering and energy and geo-environmental engineering, has received the Materials Research Society’s 2022 MRS Impact Award. |
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Faculty Real-time, accurate virus detection method could help fight next pandemic 06/02/2022 A method of highly accurate and sensitive virus identification using Raman spectroscopy, a portable virus capture device and machine learning could enable real-time virus detection and identification to help battle future pandemics, according to a team of researchers led by Penn State. |
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Faculty Promising new materials mimic muscle structure and function 06/02/2022 Inspired by the structure of muscles, an innovative new strategy for creating fiber actuators could lead to advances in robotics, prosthetics, and smart clothing, according to a Penn State led team of scientists who discovered the process. |
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Faculty Professor Emeritus David Allara awarded 2022 Kavli Prize in Nanoscience 06/01/2022 David L. Allara, distinguished professor emeritus of chemistry and materials science and engineering at Penn State, has been named a 2022 Kavli Prize Laureate in the field of nanoscience by the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters. |
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Faculty NSF CAREER award to advance understanding of how early Earth continents formed 06/01/2022 Jesse Reimink, assistant professor of geosciences, will use a Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to shed light on how the Earth’s continents took shape between 2.5 and 4 billion years ago. |
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Faculty MRI announces director’s sabbatical and acting director 05/31/2022 The Materials Research Institute (MRI) has announced that Zoubeida Ounaies, professor of mechanical engineering and director of the Convergence Center for Living Multifunctional Material Systems (LiMC2), will serve as acting director of MRI during the upcoming sabbatical of Clive Randall, director of MRI and distinguished professor of materials science and engineering. |
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Research Biodiverse 'keystone food spaces' can help meet UN’s ‘Zero Hunger’ goal 05/31/2022 Small farms and home gardens where landholders raise multiple species of culturally important crops can have a significant impact when it comes to meeting the United Nations’ goal to end global hunger and malnutrition, according to an international team of researchers. |
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Student Libraries selects Whiting Indigenous Knowledge Student Research Award winners 05/24/2022 The Penn State University Libraries has selected the winners of the 2022 Whiting Indigenous Knowledge Student Research Awards, funded by the M. G. Whiting Endowment for the Advancement of Indigenous Knowledge. |