Alumna Sofia Sheikh has been awarded an MPS-Ascend Fellowship by the NSF to work at the SETI Institute.
Physical Sciences
Graduate alumna awarded NSF MPS-Ascend Fellowship to work at the SETI Institute
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Early, massive galaxies running on empty
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An international team discovered six of early, massive “dead" galaxies that stopped making stars during an early period of the universe.
Uncovering galaxies buried in dust at the cosmic dawn
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Two previously invisible galaxies completely hidden by clouds of cosmic gas and dust discovered using ALMA
How to modify RNA: Crucial steps for adding chemical tag to transfer RNA revealed
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Penn State chemists reveal the steps in an important cellular modification process that adds a chemical tag to transfer RNAs.
Penn State astrophysicist to lead $5.8 million NASA CubeSat mission
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Penn State led Black Hole Coded Aperture Telescope (BlackCAT), an X-ray CubeSat telescope, chosen by NASA to be funded for $5.8 million
The pathway for producing ethylene
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Penn State research lays out chemical steps of enzyme to produce ethylene, the fruit ripening hormone and important industrial chemical
NASA approves $4 million in funding for Penn State led ATHENA consortium
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NASA approves $4 million in funding for Penn State led contributions to the European Space Agency's Athena X-ray observatory.
Winning startup works to increase speed to market for some pharmaceuticals
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Eberly alumnus Brad Rogers and his team are using Penn State's resources to further their intellectual property.
Putting a new theory of many-particle quantum systems to the test
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New experiments at Penn State using trapped one-dimensional quantum gases fit with the predictions of generalized hydrodynamics.
Bollinger honored with ASBMB William C. Rose Award
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