Microbes team up to boost plants' stress tolerance
Marilyn Roossinck
New, Multifunctional Electronic Devices May Soon Be Possible, New Research Suggests
Schematic drawing of the multiferroic tunnel junction of two polarization configurations. The red layer is the ferroelectric barrier and the green layer is the interface that undergoes metal-to-insulator as well as magnetic-phase transition when the barrier polarization is reversed. Credit: Li lab, Penn State University
Statistics help clear fog for better climate change picture
Murali Haran
Flu Outbreaks Modeled By New Study of Classroom Schedules
Using high-school schedule data, researchers have developed a low-cost but effective method to model disease networks and to determine how to focus disease-control strategies based on which individuals are most likely to spread the infection. Credit: Salathé lab, Penn State University
Penn State iPhone app brings space exploration to your fingertips
The X-Ray Telescope is one of three telescopes aboard the NASA-led Swift satellite. This telescope was built at Penn State by Penn State scientists and engineers as well as partners at the Brera Astronomical Observatory in Italy and the University of Leicester in England. NASA
Light-Emitting Triangles May Have Applications in Optical Technology
Triangular single layers of tungsten disulfide have been synthesized by Penn State researchers. The edges of the triangles exhibit extraordinary photoluminescence, while the interior area does not. The photoluminescent signal disappears as the number of layers increases. Credit: Terrones lab, Penn State University
A New Year's Gift from NASA and Penn State
One of the first targets for the Swift observatory's stellar survey was the giant cluster Omega Centauri, which hosts millions of stars and may be the remains of a small galaxy. Credit for image on left: NASA/Swift/S. Holland (GSFC), M. Siegel and E. Fonseca (PSU) Credit for image on right: A. Grado/INAF-Capodimonte Observatory. Captured by the VST ESO/INAF-VST/OmegaCAM.
The Beginning of Everything: A New Paradigm Shift for the Infant Universe
Diagram showing evolution of the Universe according to the new paradigm of Loop Quantum Origins, developed by scientists at Penn State University and published on 11 December 2012 as an "Editor's Suggestion" paper in the scientific journal Physical Review Letters. Image source: P. Singh Physics 5, 142 (2012). Image credit: Alan Stonebraker. For re-use requests, contact APS.
How Stars Look Young When They're Not: The Secret of Aging Well
Image gallery of 12 globular clusters ranked in order of increasing dynamical age as measured from the observed radial distribution of their blue straggler stars. Credit: F. Ferraro (UniBO)
New Tool Is Probing the Structure of the Milky Way's Heart
An artist's impression of what the Milky Way might look like viewed from above. Credit: Jordan Raddick (Johns Hopkins University) and Gail Zasowski (The Ohio State University / University of Virginia). Milky Way artist's concept by NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC-Caltech).
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