Physical Sciences

Flexible Silicon Solar-Cell Fabrics May Soon Become Possible
John Badding's research is featured on the cover of the journal Advanced Materials.
Lear Awarded 3M Nontenured Faculty Grant
Benjamin Lear
The Great Space Coaster: Expansion of the Universe Now Measured in an Era before Dark Energy Takes Over
An illustration showing how SDSS-III was able to measure the distant universe. CREDIT: Zosia Rostomian, LBNL; Nic Ross, BOSS Lyman-alpha team, LBNL; and Springel et al, Virgo Consortium and the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics
Showalter Receives the Inaugural Eastern Analytical Society New Faculty Award in NMR Spectroscopy
Showalter Receives the Inaugural Eastern Analytical Society New Faculty Award in NMR Spectroscopy
When cosmic rays and Earth collide
Artistic impression of cosmic rays entering Earth's atmosphere. Credit: CERN/Asimmetrie/Infn.
International Astronomical Union Elects Mercedes Richards President of Commission on Close Binary Stars
International Astronomical Union Elects Mercedes Richards President of Commission on Close Binary Stars
Early-Earth Cells Modeled to Show How First Life Forms Might Have Packaged RNA
RNA strands and RNA enzymes coming together within droplets of dextran
New Black Hole Discovered in Our Galaxy
Swift J1745-26 with labels and scale of moon as it would appear in the field of view from Earth. Credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center/S. Immler and H. Krimm
Case of Missing Quasar Gas Clouds Now Solved
An artist's impression of a quasar
Video: Penn State Astronomer Christopher Palma Explains the Science Behind the Question "What Time is It?"
Chris Palma discusses the science behind the quesetion, "What time is it?"
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