Physical Sciences

New sodium-ion electrolyte may find use in solid-state batteries
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An interdisciplinary team discovered a new structure of a material that may one day replace the materials used in rechargeable consumer electronics batteries. Credit: Penn State
Alumna Sylvia Biscoveanu awarded Soros Fellowship
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Sylvia Biscoveanu
Nobel Laureate Rainer Weiss presents “Probing the Universe with Gravitational Waves” on April 18, 2018
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Rainer Weiss / credit Bryce Vickmark
Chemistry 2018 Graduate Student Awards
Nova-like explosion of spinning live bacteria explained
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NASA scientist to present Friedman Lecture in Astronomy on April 10, 2018
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Joseph Masiero
Penn State to participate in consortium to demonstrate remote monitoring of nuclear reactors
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Boulby potash, polyhalite and salt mine on the northeast coast of England is Great Britain's deepest mine and the home of the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s Boulby Underground Laboratory.  The mine, operated by ICL-UK /Cleveland Potash Ltd, is expected to be the site of the Advanced Instrumentation Testbed project, a new international multi-laboratory and university collaboration for nonproliferation research.
NASA set to launch Penn State led experiment
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Randall McEntaffer, professor of astronomy and astrophysics and of physics at Penn State and principal investigator of WRX, works on the instrument during integration at the NASA Flight Facility.   Credit NASA/Berit Bland
Matthews receives 2018 Penn State Alumni Achievement Award
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Megan Matthews
Study of climate change could lead to understanding future of infectious disease
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