Two-dimensional materials gets a new theory for control of properties
A grain boundary forms when graphene growth advances past an apex on a conical bump, where the curvature resembles that on a sphere; it terminates at the foot of the bump, where curvature is saddle-like. Credit: Crespi Lab / Penn State
Rechtsman awarded 2017 Packard Fellowship for Science and Engineering
Mikael Rechtsman
Gravitational waves + new clues from space reveal new way to make a black hole
Artist impression of gravitational waves generated by binary neutron stars. Credit: R. Hurt, Caltech/JPL
Terrones Elected as Fellow of the American Physical Society
Mauricio Terrones
Hudson awarded C.I. Noll Award for Excellence in Teaching
Eric Hudson
IceCube researcher, Philipp Eller, wins poster prize
Philipp Eller
New gravitational wave hits Earth -- For the first time, 3 detectors zoom in on its location
Chad Hanna demonstrates gravitational waves via ripples in water. Credit: Michelle Bixby, Penn State.
Mystery solved: Super-energetic space particles crash to Earth from far, far away
Graduate students from the Miguel Mostafá Lab, visiting the 1600th detector of the large Pierre Auger Observatory array in western Argentina. Credit: Miguel Mostafá, Penn State.
Zhu receives NSF Convergence grant
Jun Zhu, associate professor of physics. Credit: Penn State
New Gravitational-Wave Data Analysis Now Underway
This artist's conception shows two merging black holes similar to those detected by LIGO. Image: LIGO/Caltech/MIT/Sonoma State (Aurore Simonnet)
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