Physical Sciences

Joseph Cotruvo receives NSF CAREER Award
Joseph Cotruvo, Jr.

Penn State chemist Joseph Cotruvo, Jr. has been honored with a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation.

Xin Zhang receives NSF CAREER Award
Zhang headshot

Penn State chemist Xin Zhang has been honored with a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation.

Gerald Knizia receives NSF CAREER Award
knizia headshot

Gerald Knizia, assistant professor of chemistry, has been honored with a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation.

A megalibrary of nanoparticles
Electron microscope images of 32 nanorods
LIGO-Virgo network catches another neutron star collision
illustration of merging neutron stars

Gravitational waves detected on April 25, 2019, by the LIGO Livingston Observatory were likely produced by a collision of two neutron stars.

Galactic gamma-ray sources reveal birthplaces of high-energy particles
HAWC observator sits at base of aamountain

The international HAWC team, including Penn State researchers, has identified the cosmic sources of nine extremely high-energy gamma rays.

Penn State physicists earn second place in annual Buchalter Cosmology Prize
NEID Exoplanet Instrument Sees First Light
The WYIN telescope
The case of the elusive Majorana: The so-called “angel particle” is still a mystery
Schematic of superconductor combined with quantum anomolous Hall insulator
A fast and inexpensive device to capture and identify viruses
illustration of virus trap

A new device quickly captures and identifies various strains of virus.

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