Physical Sciences

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.
Mirages in the Sky Probe Dark Matter in the Universe
Mirages in the Sky Probe Dark Matter in the Universe
New Penn State Computer Cluster Enables Researchers to Probe the Universe
Pleiades computational cluster
What Lies Beneath: Chandra Image Released by Team Including Penn State Postdoctoral Scholar
Image credit: NASA/CXC/Penn State/S. Immler et al.
Most Precise Map of Matter in the Universe Revealed Today
The SDSS is two separate surveys in one: galaxies are identified in 2D images (right), then have their distance determined from their spectrum to create a 2 billion lightyears deep 3D map (left) where each galaxy is shown as a single point, the color representing the luminosity - this shows only those 66,976 our of 205,443 galaxies in the map that lie near the plane of Earth's equator. Credit: Sloan Digital Sky Survey
Research on Relative Species Abundance Provides New Theoretical Foundation for Analyzing How Ecological Communities Arise
Major Flares Are Predictable on Far-Away Stars, Analysis of Radio Observations Reveals
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