The Closest Star System Found in a Century
WISE J104915.57-531906 was discovered through its rapid motion across the sky, which is shown in these images taken between 1978 and 2010 by the Digitized Sky Survey, the Two Micron All-Sky Survey, and the WISE satellite. Credit: NASA/STScI/JPL/IPAC/University of Massachusetts
Oldest Known Star Gets a Birthdate Update
This image is an illustration of the oldest star ever found in our solar neighborhood. The aging star, cataloged as HD 140283, lies 190.1 light-years from Earth. Credit: NASA, ESA, and A. Feild and F. Summers (STScI)
Climate Change Effect on Plant Communities Is Buffered By Large Herbivores, New Research Suggests
An adult male caribou in Greenland. Credit: Eric Post, Penn State University
Engineering control theory helps create dynamic brain model
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
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