Physical Sciences

Chang Receives MRI Della Roy Innovation in Materials Research Award
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Millennium Science Complex
Penn State-affiliated startup Chromatir develops color-shifting coatings
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Lauren Zarzar and Caleb Meredith in front of brick wall

Penn State chemists harness color-shifting properties for use in industry and commercial products.

Radioactive metals for medicine get a boost from recently discovered protein
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illustration including periodic table, proteins, actinium, and a human body. Credit  Thomas Reason/LLNL

A protein discovered by Penn State researchers can be used to recover and purify radioactive metals such as actinium, which could be useful

Eberly’s undergraduate research exhibition a success
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Spotlight on student science excellence, Latinx faculty

Sigurdsson elected as Fellow of the American Physical Society
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Steinn Sigurdsson, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State, has been elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society.

Weiss awarded Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics
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David Weiss

David Weiss, Distinguished Professor of Physics at Penn State, honored with the Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics by APS

Chemistry department’s helium recovery system now operational
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Tapas Mal, Scott Showalter, Larry Johns, and Christy George outside the Chemistry Building

A new helium recovery system in the Chemistry Building is now operational, benefiting research and sustainability University wide.

Newly discovered gas giant moving closer to its star
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A newly discovered planet is moving closer to its star, according to penn state astronomers.

New, environmentally friendly method to extract and separate rare earth elements
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construction vehicles dig pit for mine tailings

A new process by Penn State chemists improves how we extract and separate rare earth elements, including from unconventional sources.

Gamma-rays and neutrinos from mellow supermassive black holes
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A schematic picture of hot accretion flows around a supermassive black hole

Penn State research shows that supermassive black holes, even if they are not so active, can be major factories of gamma rays and neutrinos

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