The Penn State Eberly College of Science has named Joel Waters its coordinator of study abroad and international programs, effective Aug. 1.
Physical Sciences
Waters named coordinator of study abroad and international programs
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New sensor detects valuable rare earth element terbium from non-traditional sources
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A new luminescent sensor developed by Penn State chemists can detect terbium from complex environmental samples like acid mine waste.
Graduate alumnus receives Robert J. Trumpler Award
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Alumnus Gudmundur Kari Stefansson honored with the 2020 Robert J. Trumpler Award by the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.
Astrophysicists, Social Scientists to Probe the Universe’s Deepest Mysteries
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A new fellowship program will support early career scientists at institutions like Penn State to study data from the Vera Rubin Observatory.
$3.4 million NSF grant aims to make LIGO multimessenger discoveries commonplace
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A new NSF grant to LIGO will support development of software and services to discover gravitational waves in real time.
New multi-institution hub to explore nuclear physics and cosmic mergers
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A new nuclear physics center that includes Penn State researchers will explore the cosmic mergers of neutron stars and hot dense matter.
Dayna Patterson Receives Winifred Burks-Houck Graduate Leadership Award
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First detection of light echoes from behind a black hole
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Researchers report the first-ever recordings of X-ray emission from the far side of a black hole.
Needle in a haystack: Finding planetary nebulae in distant galaxies
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Planetary nebula detected in distant galaxies by MUSE could help astronomers measure cosmic distances and determine the Hubble constant
From the Sun to the stars
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Penn State's NEID spectrometer officially begins it's planet-finding mission while also collect spectra from the Sun.