Physical Sciences

Hammes-Schiffer Named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society
Hammes-Schiffer Named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society
Ramsey Appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Gemini Observatory
Ramsey Appointed an Eberly College of Science Distinguished Senior Scholar at Penn State
Weinreb Named a 2011 Fellow of the American Chemical Society
Weinreb Named a 2011 Fellow of the American Chemical Society
Chen Receives National Science Foundation Career Award
Chen Receives National Science Foundation Career Award
Hammes-Schiffer Receives National Institutes of Health MERIT Award
Hammes-Schiffer Named a Fellow of the American Chemical Society
Norman Freed Retires After 46 Years of Service to Penn State
Norman Freed Retires After 46 Years of Service to Penn State
Cosmic Explosion is New Candidate for Most Distant Object in the Universe
Credit: Gemini Observatory / AURA / Levan, Tanvir, Cucchiara
Nearby Supernova Factory Turns On
This large Chandra image shows the Carina Nebula, a star-forming region in the Sagittarius-Carina arm of the Milky Way a mere 7,500 light years from Earth. Chandra's sharp X-ray vision has detected over 14,000 stars in this region, revealed a diffuse X-ray glow, and provided strong evidence that massive stars have already self-destructed in this nearby supernova factory. Credit: NASA/CXC/PSU/L.Townsley et al.
New Technique Sheds Light on the Mysterious Process of Cell Division
Asymmetric division of a primitive model cell composed of a lipid membrane that encapsulates a polymer solution.
Graduating Senior Studies the Shadows of Galaxies
Nigel Mathes will graduate this May with a B.S. in astronomy and astrophysics and over two years of research experience.
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