Physical Sciences

Penn State Scientists Participate in the Construction of the Largest Three-Dimensional Map of the Universe
Galaxies are concentrated into clusters and filaments with voids in between. The SDSS-III is exploring this structure to determine the nature of dark energy and the distribution of dark matter in the Universe. Credit: Yushu Yao and Prabhat (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, NERSC), Miguel A. Aragon (Johns Hopkins University), and the SDSS-III Collaboration
National Science Board Recommends Giant Survey Telescope
An artist's rendering of the proposed Large Synoptic Survey Telescope.
Viruses' Copying Mechanism Demystified, Opening the Door to New Vaccine Strategies
Motif D shown next to a nucleotide
William Noid Receives Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
William Noid Receives Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Award
Carsten Krebs Awarded a Society for Biological Inorganic Chemistry Early Career Award
Carsten Krebs Awarded a Society for Biological Inorganic Chemistry Early Career Award
Penn State Physics Professor Helps Keep World on Schedule Through Work on the Accuracy of Clocks
Credit: National Physical Laboratory, United Kingdom
Wolszczan Awarded Frombork Gold Medal
Wolszczan Awarded Frombork Gold Medal
Acoustic Tweezers Capture Tiny Creatures with Ultrasound
A device shown next to a dime for comparison
Nearby Star Cluster, Long Forgotten, Now Discovered to Be Useful in Studies of Sun and Search for Planets Like Earth
Penn State University astronomers have determined that 80 of the stars in this photo are members of the long-known but underappreciated star cluster Ruprecht 147. Credit: Chris Beckett and Stefano Meneguolo, Royal Astronomical Society of Canada
Launch on 13 June Planned for Space Mission to Investigate High-Powered X-Rays
Artist's concept showing NASA's NuSTAR mission orbiting Earth. NuSTAR will hunt for hidden black holes and other exotic cosmic objects. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
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