A new luminescent sensor developed by Penn State chemists can detect terbium from complex environmental samples like acid mine waste.
New sensor detects valuable rare earth element terbium from non-traditional sources
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Will COVID-19 become a mostly childhood disease?
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Eventually COVID-19 may affect mostly young children who have not yet been vaccinated or exposed, according to Penn State research.
How the malaria parasite defends itself against fever
A newly described gene, PfAP2-HS, allows the malaria parasite to defend itself from fever, a clinical symptom of infection in humans.
Astrophysicists, Social Scientists to Probe the Universe’s Deepest Mysteries
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A new fellowship program will support early career scientists at institutions like Penn State to study data from the Vera Rubin Observatory.
The Penn State Protein Ladder system
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The Penn State Protein Ladder is an inexpensive, license-free resource for labs using SDS-PAGE or Western blots.
$3.4 million NSF grant aims to make LIGO multimessenger discoveries commonplace
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A new NSF grant to LIGO will support development of software and services to discover gravitational waves in real time.
Podcast discusses creating inexpensive catalysts for renewable energy
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Penn State researchers Mauricio Terrones and Lauren Zarzar discuss developing less expensive catalysts on the Growing Impact podcast.
New multi-institution hub to explore nuclear physics and cosmic mergers
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A new nuclear physics center that includes Penn State researchers will explore the cosmic mergers of neutron stars and hot dense matter.
First detection of light echoes from behind a black hole
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Researchers report the first-ever recordings of X-ray emission from the far side of a black hole.
Needle in a haystack: Finding planetary nebulae in distant galaxies
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Planetary nebula detected in distant galaxies by MUSE could help astronomers measure cosmic distances and determine the Hubble constant