Physical Sciences

Tiny wrinkles bend physics to change how electricity moves through graphene
illustration of network of atoms of graphene with wrinkle in structure
Penn State, Battalion launch research collaboration focused on national security
two men work in a laboratory
Cellular maintenance crew may miss as much as half of certain misfolded proteins
illustration of protein misfolding
Experiment sees surprising result in search for dark matter
LZ detector inside clean room while man wearing clean suit walks by
Marker Lectures in Physics set for Sept. 30, Oct. 1
Jun Ye, professor of physics and JILA Fellow, UC Boulder
New faculty fall 2026
Nittany Lion Shrine at University Park
Hidden stars suggest that distant galaxies are more massive than they appear
grid of nine images of galaxies
Messy life-producing cellular process caught in action for first time
image of RNA polymerase II from cryo-EM
Genetic ‘switches’ could program 3D-printed bone tissue for blood vessel growth
spheroids glowing with fluorescence
NSF funding supports Two-Dimensional Crystal Consortium's next chapter
Researchers at work in a Two-Dimensional Crystal Consortium lab in the Millennium Science Complex
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