Physical Sciences

Robert R. Johnson Selected as Student Marshal for Penn State Eberly College of Science
Hobby-Eberly Telescope Witnesses Vaporizing of a Comet-like Body by a Very Young Hot Star
Location of the star LKHa 234 in the star-forming nebula NGC 7129 Photo: Lars Lindberg Christensen, ESA/Hubble
Penn State Senior Wins Award for Thesis Proposal
Titan, a Moon of Saturn, Casts Revealing Shadow
Photo credit: NASA/CXC/Penn State/K.Mori et al.
Research Reveals Halogen Characteristics of Cluster of Metal Atoms
Figure 1: Charge density map of the highest occupied molecular orbital for the Al13I- cluster. Note the preservation of Al13I- icosahedral geometry, and the localized charge density on the aluminum cluster moiety. Color code: blue=aluminum; red=iodine.
Penn State Senior's Research Will Help Astronomers Analyze Quasars
Penn State Sophomore Helping to Develop Software for Swift Satellite
Computer Method Identifies Potentially Active Enzymes
Probable Discovery of a New, Supersolid, Phase of Matter
A photo of the torsional oscillator we used in our experiment: The torsional oscillator is secured onto a cooling stage of our dilution refrigerator. The torsion rod, the torsion bob and the central electrode are shown. The fixed drive and detection electrodes are not shown. Photo credit: Penn State
Infant Galaxies in Nearby Group
A false-color radio image (data supplied by Dr. Min Yun, University of Massachusetts) of the hydrogen gas in the M81 Group.
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