Physical Sciences

Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence Center researcher Jason Wright awarded NASA grant to look for signatures of alien technology
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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
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Joseph Cotruvo, Jr.
Black hole or neutron star?
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Artist's impression of mysterious astonomical object detected by LIGO
Chemistry Teaching Faculty Members Receive Promotions
Joseph Keiser Receives Priestley Prize for Lifetime Achievement
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Keiser
Online science outreach helps fill a void during COVID-19 quarantine
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Mission: Materials Science logo

Penn State’s Center for Nanoscale Science releases a new website full of family-friendly, at-home science experiments

Geometry of intricately fabricated glass makes light trap itself
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Still from animation of rotating soliton
Killing coronavirus with handheld ultraviolet light device may be feasible
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Bus under UV light

A personal, handheld device emitting high-intensity ultraviolet light to disinfect areas by killing the novel coronavirus is now feasible.

Penn State Learning honors outstanding guided study group leaders
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Lion shrine with flowers

Two students have received the Outstanding Guided Study Group (GSG) Leader Award for the spring 2020 semester.

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