Physical Sciences

Penn State Astronomers Ranked High in Scientific Impact
Peter Mészáros and Donald Schneider
Unusual Shape of Exploded Star Puzzles Scientists
Credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/PSU/S. Park and J. Lee); Infrared: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Astronomy Team Probes Edge of Supermassive Black Hole
An artist's depiction of the accretion of a thick ring of dust into a supermassive black hole. The accretion produces jets of gamma rays and X-rays. Credit: ESA / V. Beckmann (NASA-GSFC)
New Gamma-Ray Burst Smashes Cosmic Distance Record
Credit: D. Fox, A. Cucchiara (Penn State Univ.), E. Berger (Harvard Univ.) and Gemini Observatory/NSF/AURA
Mallouk Elected as American Academy Fellow
Tom Mallouk
A New Family of Molecules for Self-Assembly: The Carboranes
Schematic showing relative dipole orientations for the carboranethiol isomers, M1 and M9. Credit: J. Nathan Hohman, Penn State
Bollinger Wins Faculty Scholar Medal for Outstanding Research
Bollinger Honored with Palmer Faculty Mentoring Award
Stasto Awarded Sloan Research Fellowship
Anna Stasto
New Journal Wins PROSE Award
Paul Weiss
Strikman Receives Humboldt Research Award
Mark Strikman
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