Physical Sciences

NASA’s James Webb Telescope uncovers new details in Pandora’s Cluster
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image of pandora's cluster from james webb telescope

The latest deep field image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope features new details in Pandora’s Cluster.

Heard on Campus: Combining machine learning and satellite images
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Tamma Carleton holding microphone and gesturing

Tamma Carleton spoke at Penn State about how satellite imagery and machine learning are being used to fill traditional data gaps.

3rd year chemistry major Hannah Priller receives ACS Student Leadership Award
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Research Lab Profile: The Freedman Group
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miriam freedman
Alumni Mark Becker and James Stith honored with Distinguished Alumni Award
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Eberly alumni Mark Becker and James Stith have been honored with Distinguished Alumni Award.

Marker Lectures in the Physical Sciences scheduled for January 26 and 27
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Sankar Das Sarma

Sankar Das Sarma will present the 2023 Russel Marker Lectures in the Physical Sciences on January 26 and 27 at Penn State

Emergent behavior observed in self-interacting light
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Schematic of waveguides through glass and measured light intensity per waveguide showing fractionalization

Photons that are forced to interact with each other through waveguides demonstrate behavior evocative of the fractional quantum Hall effect

Three Penn State researchers awarded scientific grants from Kaufman Foundation
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Ashley Villar, Ben Lear, and Ray Schaak

Penn Staters Ashley Villar, Ben Lear, and Raymond Schaak have been selected to receive grants from the Kaufman Foundation.

Astrophysicist Katie Mack to present Science Achievement Graduate Fellows Lecture Jan. 23
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Katie Mack

Theoretical astrophysicist and popular science writer Katie Mack will present the spring 2023 SAGF lecture at Penn State.

Unconventional experiments produce new nanoscale particles with big potential
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Illustration of experiments to produce novel nanoparticles

Penn State chemists produce hundreds of new nanoparticles with previously unknown features using an innovative experimental approach.

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