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Evidence found for cloaked black hole in early universe
field of stars
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NSF mid-scale award sets off the first extension of IceCube
Sun setting behind the IceCube Lab at the South Pole. The Antarctic detector that identified the first likely source of high-energy neutrinos and cosmic rays, is getting an upgrade that will extend its scientific capabilities to lower energies. Credit: Kathrin Mallot, IceCube/NSF
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Awards and Honors
Aishwarya Kumar selected to meet with Nobel Laureates
Aishwarya Kumar
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Awards and Honors
Mauricio Terrones Named Verne M. Willaman Professor of Physics
Terrones Mauricio.
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Adding a carbon atom transforms 2D semiconducting material
Schematic of plasma assisted carbon-hydrogen species doping in the WS2 lattice. Credit: Fu Zhang, Penn State
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LIGO and Virgo Detect Neutron Star Smash-Ups
Illustration of two merging neutron stars. The rippling space-time grid represents gravitational waves that travel out from the collision. Credit: National Science Foundation/LIGO/Sonoma State University/A. Simonnet
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Student Stories
Penn State physics student joins forces with NASA in Norway
Penn State student Joshua Norfolk standing above the beach beside the Andøya Space Center.
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First ever open public alerts from LIGO: Two probable black-hole mergers spotted in first weeks after gravitational-wave detector is updated
LIGO Laboratory operates two detector sites, one near Hanford in eastern Washington, and another near Livingston, Louisiana. This photo shows the Hanford detector site. Credit: Caltech/MIT/LIGO Lab
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Awards and Honors
Axtell and Rigol receive 2019 Faculty Scholar Medals
Michael Axtell, professor of biology, and Marcos Rigol, professor of physics.
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Extremely accurate measurements of atom states for quantum computing
New method allows extremely accurate measurement of the quantum state of atomic qubits—the basic unit of information in quantum computers. Credit: Weiss Laboratory, Penn State
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Faculty Announcements
Penn State exoplanet center celebrates 10-year anniversary
Center for Exoplanets and Habitable Worlds
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Awards and Honors
Cui-Zu Chang Receives 2019 National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Cui-Zu Chang
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