Three New Planets and a Mystery Object Discovered Outside Our Solar System
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Credit: Marty Harris/McDonald Obs./UT-Austin
Now There's an App for NASA's Swift Observatory
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A screenshot showing the Swift app interface.
Record-Breaking Photo Reveals a Planet-sized Object as Cool as the Earth
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Credit: Janella Williams
Twitter Data Used to Track Vaccination Rates and Attitudes
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Doctor marking patient's arm in advance of administering a vaccine. Credit: NIH
Molecular Depth Profiling Modeled Using Buckyballs and Low-Energy Argon
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Penn State Awarded $3.3 Million to Build Instrument for Finding Planets in Habitable Zones Around Nearby Stars
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Credit: Marty Harris/McDonald Obs./UT-Austin
Record-breaking Solar Cell Announced by Multinational Research Team
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Credit: John Asbury lab, Penn State University  Highest ever power conversion efficiency in a colloidal quantum dot (CQD) solar cell has been achieved using inorganic ligands. Credit: John Asbury lab, Penn State University.
Endangered Horse Has Ancient Origins and High Genetic Diversity, New Study Finds
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Kateryna Makova and her team studied DNA from the endangered Przewalski's horse, which has ancient origins. Credit: Makova lab, Penn State University
Innovative Nanoparticle Purification System Uses Magnetic Fields
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"Nano-olives" are made up of an iron oxide "olive" with an iron and platinum "pimento." Together the components make a highly magnetic particle structure, which may one day be useful for data storage in computers. Credit: The Schaak/Williams research groups, Penn State.
Atomic Clock with the World's Best Long-term Accuracy Is Revealed by Research
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Credit: National Physical Laboratory, United Kingdom
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