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 ...

Zhiqiang Mao, professor of physics, materials science and engineering, and of chemistry, has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Election as a Fellow ...

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 ...

About one-third of the food eaten by Americans comes from crops pollinated by honey bees, yet the insect is dying off at alarming rates. In one year alone, between April of 2019 and April of 2020, one ...

Delta Gold Technologies, a technology company focused on developing intellectual property in the quantum computing sector, has signed a three-year, $3 million research agreement with Kenneth ...

The unusual radio pulses were detected by the Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna (ANITA) experiment, a range of instruments flown on balloons high above Antarctica that are designed to detect radio ...

Every Tuesday or Thursday, Eric Simring goes to prison. He drives to Quehanna Boot Camp in Karthaus, PA, or Benner Correctional Facility in Bellefonte, PA, to teach mathematics to inmates. “But these ...

Editor's note: This story was written by Todd LaJeunesse, Wilson Hewitt Professor of Biology, and Caleb Butler, graduate student in ecology, for the Penn State Institute of Energy and the ...

For information about internships, check out the Office of Science Engagement’s webpage https://science.psu.edu/science-engagement about the science internship ...

The sunflower family tree revealed that flower symmetry evolved multiple times independently, a process called convergent evolution, among the members of this large plant family, according to a new ...

Disney's Moana depicts wayfinding — the process of orienting and traveling from place to place — as a main plot point in helping the Polynesian voyagers navigate across the ocean. These explorers ...

Science-U is proud to partner with the Penn State College of Education to offer two immersive summer camps hosted in the College’s Krause Pedagogical Innovation Lab. In this camp, students have the ...