Alumna Therese Jones receives Penn State Alumni Achievement Award
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Alumni Awards logo and artistic rendering of Nittany Lion statue

Astronomer Therese Jones has been selected to receive the Penn State Alumni Association's 2022 Alumni Achievement Award.

Delayed diagnosis inspires student to create AI tool for mental health
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Loc Phan in suit outside

Physics major helps create an AI tool to improve mental health in rural communities.

Dark matter detector completes startup operations
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LZ detector inside clean room while man wearing clean suit walks by

The LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment has completed its initial run and is now the most sensitive dark matter detector to date.

Could we eavesdrop on interstellar communications that pass through our solar system?
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illustration of communications passing through Einstein ring and aligning

A team of Penn State graduate students is looking for interstellar communication signals that might be taking advantage of the Sun.

New director of Penn State planetary science consortium
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Christopher House

Christopher House will serve as the new director of the Penn State Consortium for Planetary and Exoplanetary Sciences and Technology.

Rising Above the Helium Shortage Dilemma
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Frost buildup caused by liquid helium's extremely low temperature. Credit: Nate Follmer, Penn State

The Eberly College of Science has invested in helium recapture systems that effectively allow scientists to reuse helium for storage and ins

Center for Nanothread Chemistry Captures Humanity of Scientists through Storytelling
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video still of Vin Crespi

The Center for Nanothread Chemistry at Penn State humanizes scientists through its storytelling project.

Real-time, accurate virus detection method could help fight next pandemic
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electron microscopy image of carbon nanotubes. Credit Elizabeth Floresgomez and Yin-Ting Yeh

The benefits of such a device are many, according to the researchers, especially in a fast-moving outbreak.

Mauricio Terrones honored as Evan Pugh Professor at Penn State
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Mauricio Terrones.
$7.5 million DoD grant supports the exploration of exotic physics in synthetic dimensions
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Mikael Rechtsman

Mikael Rechtsman, associate professor of physics at Penn State, will lead a team that has been awarded a 5-year $7.5 million DoD MURI grant.

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