Physical Sciences

Penn State iPhone app brings space exploration to your fingertips
The X-Ray Telescope is one of three telescopes aboard the NASA-led Swift satellite. This telescope was built at Penn State by Penn State scientists and engineers as well as partners at the Brera Astronomical Observatory in Italy and the University of Leicester in England. NASA
Light-Emitting Triangles May Have Applications in Optical Technology
Triangular single layers of tungsten disulfide have been synthesized by Penn State researchers. The edges of the triangles exhibit extraordinary photoluminescence, while the interior area does not. The photoluminescent signal disappears as the number of layers increases. Credit: Terrones lab, Penn State University
Phillips Receives the Eli Lilly and Company Young Investigator Award in Analytical Chemistry
Scott Phillips
Undergraduate Astronomer Helps the World To See "Invisible" Light from Star Clusters
Blair Porterfield, photographed outside of Davey Lab.
Penn State Honors Four Eberly College of Science Faculty Members with the Title of Distinguished Professor
A New Year's Gift from NASA and Penn State
One of the first targets for the Swift observatory's stellar survey was the giant cluster Omega Centauri, which hosts millions of stars and may be the remains of a small galaxy. Credit for image on left: NASA/Swift/S. Holland (GSFC), M. Siegel and E. Fonseca (PSU) Credit for image on right: A. Grado/INAF-Capodimonte Observatory. Captured by the VST ESO/INAF-VST/OmegaCAM.
The Beginning of Everything: A New Paradigm Shift for the Infant Universe
Diagram showing evolution of the Universe according to the new paradigm of Loop Quantum Origins, developed by scientists at Penn State University and published on 11 December 2012 as an "Editor's Suggestion" paper in the scientific journal Physical Review Letters. Image source: P. Singh Physics 5, 142 (2012). Image credit: Alan Stonebraker. For re-use requests, contact APS.
How Stars Look Young When They're Not: The Secret of Aging Well
Image gallery of 12 globular clusters ranked in order of increasing dynamical age as measured from the observed radial distribution of their blue straggler stars. Credit: F. Ferraro (UniBO)
New Tool Is Probing the Structure of the Milky Way's Heart
An artist's impression of what the Milky Way might look like viewed from above. Credit: Jordan Raddick (Johns Hopkins University) and Gail Zasowski (The Ohio State University / University of Virginia). Milky Way artist's concept by NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC-Caltech).
Samarth Named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Samarth Named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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