Physical Sciences

Flexible flagella fight flow: Bacteria change a liquid’s properties and escape entrapment
A three-dimensional computer-generated illustration of an Escherichia coli bacterium based on a scanning electron micrograph. These bacteria use flagella -- a collection of spinning hairs -- for propulsion. Credit: Alissa Eckert and Jennifer Oosthuizen, CDC.
New way to weigh a white dwarf: Use Hubble Space Telescope
This drawing shows the observed versus actual positions of a distant star whose light is distorted by the curvature of space around a heavy star that is between the distant star and the observer. In this case, the observer is the Hubble Space Telescope. Credits: NASA, ESA, and K. Sahu (STScI)
Three Eberly College of Science alumni earn Fulbright awards for 2017-18
New planet found to be hotter than most stars
A newly discovered Jupiter-like world is so hot that even its nights are like the flame of a welding torch. Planet KELT-9b is hotter than most stars. With a day-side temperature of more than 7,800 degrees Fahrenheit (4,600 Kelvin), it is only about 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit (1,200 Kelvin) cooler than our own sun. Credit: R. Hurt (IPAC), NASA/JPL-Caltech
New gravity waves hit Earth after record-breaking trip through space
This artist's conception shows two merging black holes similar to those detected by LIGO. Image: LIGO/Caltech/MIT/Sonoma State (Aurore Simonnet)
Charlton honored with inaugural Teaching and Learning with Technology Impact Award
Jane Charlton
First Ever Chemistry Walk For United Way!
Eberly College of Science promotions in academic rank, effective July 1, 2017
2017 Peter Craig Breen Memorial Award
Allcock 50th Anniversary Celebration
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