There's a lion's share of potential energy in the vibrations produced by footsteps on dance floors, exercise machines in the ...

Discover how a new ceramic material offers a lightweight, thermally stable, fatigue-resistant option for harvesting waste ...

There's a lion's share of potential energy in the vibrations produced by footsteps on dance floors, exercise machines in the ...

Penn State's research on KNN piezoelectric materials reveals potential for efficient energy harvesting and biocompatible ...

Sometimes, less really is more. By removing oxygen during synthesis, a team led by materials scientists at Penn State has ...

MADISON -- When most people think of ceramics, they might envision their favorite mug or a flowerpot. But modern technology is full of advanced ceramics, from silicon solar panels to ceramic ...

Ceramic materials, defined by their inorganic, non-metallic nature and high-temperature processing, have long underpinned a multitude of industrial and architectural applications. Their intrinsic ...

The components of high-quality lasers can be made of many different materials. Many high-power and solid-state lasers use ceramic materials to generate a laser beam and are seen as an alternative ...

Researchers have created a new glass-ceramic that emits light in response to mechanical stress, a property known as mechanoluminescence. With further development, the new material could be used to ...

New research shows that in the important ceramic material silicon carbide, carbon atoms collect at those grain boundaries when the material is exposed to radiation. The finding could help engineers ...