Combining two different polymer forms can switch manufacturing of silicone parts from molding, casting and spin coating of simple forms to 3-D printing of complex geometries with better mechanical characteristics and better biological adhesion, according to a team of Penn State researchers.>>
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Researchers receive $3.7 million grant to further national BRAIN initiatives
Two Penn State professors are collaborating to bring real-world solutions to better understand neuroimaging signal through the support of a $3.7 million National Institutes of Health Brain Research through Advancing Innovative Neurotechnologies Initiative
grant focusing on resting state functional magnetic resonance imaging.>>
ESM department head elected to ASM International Board of Trustees
Judith A. Todd, P.B. Breneman department head chair and professor of engineering science and mechanics, has been elected to the Board of Trustees of ASM International.>>
Repetition key to self-healing, flexible medical devices
Medical devices powered by synthetic proteins created from repeated sequences of proteins may be possible, according to materials science and biotechnology experts, who looked at material inspired by the proteins in squid ring teeth.>>
Nanowear named Innovation Champion of Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge
Nanowear Inc., cofounded by Vijay K. Varadan, Distinguished Professor Emeritus in the Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, was recently named the Innovation Champion of the Accenture HealthTech Innovation Challenge, which pairs leading-edge startups with prominent health and life sciences organizations to develop innovative technology solutions that improve the way people access and manage healthcare.>>
Understanding how neurovascular coupling changes during postnatal development
Penn State researchers have received funding from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to determine how the communication between neurons and blood vessels of the brain changes from postnatal development through adulthood, which would enable the use of hemodynamic imaging to study neural activity, plasticity and neurodevelopmental disorders in infants, children and animals.>>
Robert Pangborn, Penn State's vice president and dean for Undergraduate Education, and his wife, Ann, have established an endowment aimed at helping Penn State students overcome financial roadblocks in order to graduate on time.>>
Implanting a shunt or endoscopically reducing intracranial pressure and reducing fluid production are equally effective in treating infants with hydrocephalus caused by brain infections, according to an international team of researchers, but endoscopy may have fewer down-the-line complications.>>
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