Star Clusters Born in the Wreckage of Cosmic Collisions
Study of Aquatic Bird Genes Reveals Surprising Relationships and Evolutionary History
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Photo Credit: Julie Morgan, Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean
Penn State Researchers Collaborate on Work Designed to Control Spin of Electrons
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New Technique to Tip Electron Spins Makes Way for All-Optical Quantum Computation in Solids
Researchers Identify Protein Important for Beginning Gene-Activation Process
Research Reveals Potential of Single Molecules to Function as Switches When They Change Shape
Discovery Announced of Two Most Distant Objects
Penn State Researchers Collaborate on Findings That Make Way for New Technology of "Spintronics"
X-ray Images of Quasars Confirm Results of Penn State Graduate Student
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This illustration demonstrates the possible different points-of-view from which astronomers observe quasars with X-ray satellites.
Key Step in Gene Activation Discovered
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Electron microscope image of a SWI/SNF complex (large dark spot) attached to a DNA strand containing nucleosomes (small spots on the encircling string) Photo Credit: Bazett-Jones et al., Molecular and Cell Biology, February 1999, p. 1474
Astronomers Use Chandra Images to Craft Unprecedented Detail of Nearby Galaxy
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An x-ray image shows the inner portion of the Circinus Galaxy, with north at the top of the image and east to the left.
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