Physical Sciences

$7.5 million DoD grant supports the exploration of exotic physics in synthetic dimensions
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Mikael Rechtsman

Mikael Rechtsman, associate professor of physics at Penn State, will lead a team that has been awarded a 5-year $7.5 million DoD MURI grant.

Joe Houck receives the 2021 Priestley Teaching Prize
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Joe Houck
Chemistry Alumni Interview Series: Laurie Mottram
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Laurie Mottram
NCS goes to the National ACS Conference in San Diego
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NCS 1
Stereotype Threat Workshop
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stereotype threat workshop (1)
Chemistry Alumni Interview Series: Justin O. Schmidt
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Justin O. Schmidt
​​Nearby star could help explain why our Sun didn’t have sunspots for 70 years
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11 images of the sun with sunspots Credit: NASA

A sun-like star could explain why our Sun stopped its sunspot cycles 300 years ago during the Maunder Minimum, according to Penn State.

Showalter named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Scott Showalter

Scott A. Showalter, professor of chemistry and of biochemistry and molecular biology at Penn State has been named a AAAS Fellow.

The Unfolding Story of a Kilonova Told in X-rays
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illustration of kilonova

Astronomers may have discovered a kilonova—a powerful event that occur when two neutron stars merge.

New screening system may point the way to clean, renewable hydrogen power
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Hydrogen symbol among water waves

A new system system for detecting the production of hydrogen gas has been designed by Penn State researchers.

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