Physical Sciences

Reaching out across the generations
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MRI for Africa
Steve Schiff and Johnes Obungoloch. Credit: Walt Mills, Penn State.
Watching the Detectors
ABE FALCONE, RESEARCH PROFESSOR OF ASTRONOMY and astrophysics, looks down the length of the 47-meter, long-cell X-ray beam in the subbasement of Osmond Laboratory. Credit: Nate Follmer - Penn State.
X-Ray Spectographs
illustration of man wearing x-ray glasses
New NSF-funded ultrafast microscopy laboratory to support research of 2D materials
Palma awarded C.I. Noll Award for Excellence in Teaching
Russel E. Marker lectures in Astronomy and Astrophysics set for October 8, 9, and 10
Timothy Heckman
Shake, Rattle, and Roll to High Efficiency Photovoltaics
Using ultrafast infrared imaging techniques (bottom left), a team of researchers from Penn State has revealed that the remarkable electronic properties of halide perovskite photovoltaic materials properties arise from large-scale motion of atoms (bottom right) in their crystalline lattice (top). Credit: Asbury Lab, Penn State
Lab Bench to Commercialization 2018–19 grant recipients announced
Philip Bevilacqua named head of Department of Chemistry
Philip Bevilacqua
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