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An academic/enterprise partnership that includes Penn State researchers is developing a new dielectric material to enable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machi

An academic/enterprise partnership that includes Penn State researchers is developing a new dielectric material to enable magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines with shorter scan times and higher image resolutions, good news for cutting the cost of MRI scans for the hospitals and for patients who struggle with MRI-related anxiety.

When the weather gets warmer in State College, many Penn State students flood the green spaces of the HUB-Robeson Center and Old Main to catch the sun.

Cadillacs. Maseratis. 2001 Honda Civics. If you’re like me, these words mean nothing to you because you walk across campus and can’t afford a vehicle.

Faced with a growing workload in its research labs, the Materials Research Institute (MRI) met the challenge by offering Penn State students an opportunity that most materials science and engineering undergraduates never receive — the chance to work with high-end equipment on state-of-the-art research.

Connor Mosebey (center) loads a materials sample into a UV-Vis spectrometer while Materials Research Institute researchers Nichole Wonderling (left

Operated by Penn State's Materials Research Institute in partnership with Rice University, the Center for Atomically Thin Multifunctional Coatings (ATOMIC) has won $1.5 million in Phase II funding from the National Science Foundation that will allow it to add a new academic partner, Boise State University, and new industry partners.

No need for a double take — you saw that correctly. There are large white tents on many of Penn State’s grassy fields, and yes, you can use them.

Rong Kou, an assistant research professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, uses a scanning electron microscope at Penn State's Millennium Science Complex to study the crystalline structure of a lithium metal oxide.