The collision and merger of two neutron stars — the incredibly dense remnants of collapsed stars — are some of the most energetic events in the universe, producing a variety of signals that can be ...

Related article at The Conversation. On September 14, 2015, a signal arrived on Earth, carrying information about a pair of remote black holes that had spiraled together and merged. The signal had ...

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — In 1955, Penn State Professor of Physics Erwin W. Müller became the first person to see an atom. Using a field ion microscope of his own invention — a landmark advance in ...

Academic: A co-op is an academic program in which students earn credit for 2+ semesters of employment related to their majors. Structure: Co-op experiences are typically two semesters long ...

New computer simulations that model every atom of a protein as it folds into its final three-dimensional form support the existence of a recently identified type of protein misfolding. Proteins must ...

The Penn State Eberly College of Science is introducing a new series of outreach events — Science Matters: Spotlight Sessions — to provide a unique opportunity for the community to engage directly ...

The Department of Physics welcomes its newest tenure-line faculty members. Thomas Iadecola, associate professor of physics, is a co-hire of the Penn State Institute for Computational and Data Sciences ...

Knowing how many people are vaccinated against an existing or re-emerging threat is a key factor guiding public health decisions, but such information is often sparse or non-existent in many regions, ...

The efficiency of quantum computers, sensors and other applications often relies on the properties of electrons, including how they are spinning. One of the most accurate systems for high performance ...

Wen Jiang, Dorothy Foehr Huck and J. Lloyd Huck Chair in Structural Biology and professor of biochemistry and molecular biology, investigates the structures of diverse biological systems using ...

The Eberly College of Science is committed to supporting our researchers in translating their research for society. Translation is an early part of technology transfer where scientific discoveries are ...

Biotechnology Mini Summer School is an opportunity for high school students who are fascinated by DNA and biotechnology and are interested in learning more about cutting-edge research in ...