Physical Sciences

David Radice named recipient of DOE Early Career Award
David Radice
Two graduate students recognized for their research by the International Astronomical Union
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Two graduate students have been recognized by the International Astronomy Union for their research.

Excess neutrinos and missing gamma rays?
Galaxy NGC 1068 with its active black hole shown as an illustration in the zoomed-in inset
Chemistry GSA Announces Initiatives to Create a Highly Inclusive Environment
Penn State-IBM partnership accelerates search for elusive neutrinos
A flaring supermassive black hole 3.7 billion light-years from Earth in the constellation Orion is the suspected source of a super-high-energy subatomic particle -- a neutrino -- that has launched a new era of space research. Credit: Nate Follmer, Penn State

A partnership with technology leader IBM allows the Cowen group to scale up their research to detect more neutrinos.

Ruobo Zhou joins Department of Chemistry faculty
Zhou
Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center researcher Jason Wright awarded NASA grant to look for signatures of alien technology
Illustration of planets orbiting a star

A grant from NASA will support research by the Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center to look for signatures of alien technology.

Chemistry Majors Named Recipients of John and Elizabeth Holmes Teas Scholarship
Joseph Cotruvo named Recipient of DOE Early Career Award
Joseph Cotruvo, Jr.
Black hole or neutron star?
Artist's impression of mysterious astonomical object detected by LIGO
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