One way some materials form memories is called return-point memory, which operates much like a single dial combination lock, ...

Discover the power of hydrogel: researchers at Penn State mimic tissue behaviors using special hydrogels for potential ...

Many materials store information about what has happened to them in a sort of material memory, like wrinkles on a once ...

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Photon-counting CT scanning is the next-generation of computer tomography diagnostics, providing precise, multi-color imaging ...

Many materials store information about what ... associate professor of physics in the Penn State Eberly College of Science and leader of the research team. With a lock, rotating the dial clockwise ...

A biomaterial that can mimic certain behaviors within biological tissues could advance regenerative medicine, disease modeling, soft robotics and more, according to researchers at Penn State.

Support for this research was provided by Penn State, including from: the Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Early Career Chair; the Convergence Center for Living Multifunctional Material ...