Steinn Sigurdsson, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State, has been elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society.
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Sigurdsson elected as Fellow of the American Physical Society
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Weiss awarded Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics
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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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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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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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Penn State research shows that supermassive black holes, even if they are not so active, can be major factories of gamma rays and neutrinos
Graduate alumna awarded NSF MPS-Ascend Fellowship to work at the SETI Institute
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Alumna Sofia Sheikh has been awarded an MPS-Ascend Fellowship by the NSF to work at the SETI Institute.
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.