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Watch live: Ashtekar introduced to membership of National Academy of Sciences
The 154th Annual Meeting of the National Academy of Sciences
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Next-generation dark matter detector in a race to finish line: Mile-deep U.S.-based experiment is on a fast track to help solve science mystery
Assistant Professor of Physics Luiz de Viveiros and the LUX detector inside the water tank just before it was filled with 72,000 gallons of ultra-purified water, which helps to shield it from cosmic rays and other radiation that would interfere with a dark matter signal. LUX was removed in 2016, and the tank will be used to house the LUX-ZEPLIN detector. Credit: Matt Kapust, Sanford Underground Research Facility
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NSF funds supercomputer cluster at Penn State
An external view of the Tower Road Data Center that will house the CyberLAMP computer cluster (upper left). The new high-performance computing cores mounted in their racks (upper right). The new DataDirect Networks active storage for data that is accessed often (lower left). The inside of new Oracle tape storage system, used for backups of active data (lower right). Credit: Penn State University.
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Three from Eberly College of Science awarded Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowships
Michael DeGiorgio, Kin Fai Mak, Kohta Murase
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Measuring entropy: A scanning-tunneling microscope provides a glimpse of the mysterious property
Images of a single molecule of dibutyl sulfide captured by a scanning-tunneling microscope (STM) at temperatures ranging from 5.41 degrees Kelvin (K) to 16.03 K. As the temperature increases, the molecule changes shape more quickly resulting in an image that captures multiple configurations of the molecule. The tip of the STM influences the ability of the molecule to make these changes in shape allowing researchers to measure the entropy of the system. Credit: J.C. Gehrig, EMPA.
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Three Eberly College of Science faculty members elected as Fellows of the AAAS
Kathleen Postle, Paul Babitzke, Jorge Sofo
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Mostafá and Dykstra awarded C.I. Noll Award for Excellence in Teaching
Miguel Mostafá, Sheryl Dykstra
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Coutu and Mostafá Elected as Fellows of the American Physical Society
Stephane Coutu, Miguel Mostafá
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Mak awarded 2016 Packard Fellowship in Science and Engineering
Kin Fai Mak
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New, carbon-nanotube tool for ultra-sensitive virus detection and identification
Scanning electron microscope image (scale bar, 200 nm) of the H5N2 avian influenza virus (purple) trapped inside the aligned carbon nanotubes. Credit: Penn State University
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RNA, gravitational waves focus of two new grants
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Closing in on high-temperature superconductivity
This composite image contains an equation in the foreground related to Penn State theory research in high-temperature superconductivity, and images in the background resulting from high-temperature superconductivity experiments. Credit: Penn State University
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