Physical Sciences

Mystery of rare 5-hour space explosion explained with help from US/Russia and US/UK/Italy satellites
The X-ray image from the Swift X-ray Telescope of the gamma-ray burst GRB 130925. The white object in the center is the gamma-ray burst. The large diffuse region to the right is a cluster of galaxies. The other objects are X-ray-emitting celestial objects, most likely supermassive black holes at the centers of distant galaxies. The full image is approximately the size of the full moon. Credit: Phil Evans/ University of Leicester
Rethinking the Basic Science of Graphene Synthesis
A model of the intercalation of Brønsted acid molecules between single-atomic layers of graphene. Credit: Mallouk Lab, Penn State University
Niel Brandt Named Verne M. Willaman Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics
Niel Brandt
Mark Maroncelli Receives Joel Henry Hildebrand Award in the Theoretical and Experimental Chemistry of Liquids
Mark Maroncelli
Eric Feigelson Awarded Faculty Scholar Medal for Outstanding Achievement
Eric Feigelson
Miriam Freedman Receives National Science Foundation CAREER Award
Miriam Freedman
Penn State is a Member of the New $678 million Telescope Now Approved for Construction
Click on the image for a high-resolution version. Artist's drawing of LSST in profile. Credit: Todd Mason, Mason Productions Inc. / LSST Corporation
Pygmy phenotype developed many times, adaptive to rainforest
A Batwa woman and her child in Bwindi Impenetrable Forest National Park, Uganda. Image: Photo courtesy of George Perry/Penn State
Penn State Joins New Project to Map the Universe
The new SDSS will measure spectra at multiple points in the same galaxy, using a newly created fiber bundle technology. Credit: Dana Berry / SkyWorks Digital, Inc., David Law, SDSS Collaboration Hubble Space Telescope image credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)
Penn State Science Faculty Get Involved With Science-U Summer Camps
Forensic Science Professor of Practice Jeni Smith teaches participants in a Science-U camp titled "Forensic DNA: Next-Generation Detectives."
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