Physical Sciences

Hot temperatures can trigger an RNA response in plants
A new study used rice seedlings to demonstrate that the stress of hotter temperatures may trigger a response in a plant’s RNA to manage the change in its environment. Photo Credit: Peter Nguyen
2018-2019 Continuing Graduate Awards
Three Penn State researchers awarded research grants by the Kaufman Foundation
Jun Zhu, Chaoxing Liu, and Joseph Cotruvo, Jr.
Abhay Ashtekar honored with Einstein Prize
Abhay Ashtekar
Pathogens may evade immune response with metal-free enzyme required for DNA replication
A metal-free ribonucleotide reductase, an enzyme required for DNA replication, from bacterial pathogens uses a post-translationally modified amino acid (pictured) to initiate an essential DNA biosynthesis reaction. Credit: Gavin Palowitch, Penn State
Space is the coolest thing in the universe
Long Exposure Photo of Galaxy
Reaching out across the generations
AstroFest Shirts
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
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