Physical Sciences

Celebrating IceCube’s first decade of discovery
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Logo for IceCube anniversary
Randall McEntaffer named head of Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Randall McEntaffer

Randall McEntaffer has been named the new head of the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics, effective August 1, 2021

Normal brain growth curves for children developed
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model of child with exposed brain and surrounded by building blocks

Penn State researchers have developed normalized growth curve charts for the brain.

National Institutes of Health funds neural engineering graduate training program
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Q&A with Scott Showalter and Emery Usher
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Showalter and Usher with tall lab equipment

A Q&A with Penn State chemists describes how two proteins work together turn on and off the gene that codes for insulin.

Chemistry Majors Named Recipients of John and Elizabeth Holmes Teas Scholarship
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Teas
Elusive mergers of black holes with neutron stars confirmed for first time
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illustration of blue neutron star merging into black hole, with colorful swirls surrounding it

For the first time, a research team including Penn State astronomers have detected a collision between a black hole and a neutron star.

Penn State senior earns Astronaut Scholarship supporting STEM research careers
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Penn State astronomy undergraduate Owen Chase has received an Astronaut scholarship.

The give and take of mega-flares from stars
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Two images containing some of the thousands of stars from a new survey by NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory

Largest survey of star-forming regions using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory clarifies the relationships between star flares and planets

Stewart A. Mallory Joins Department of Chemistry Faculty
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Stewart Mallory
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