DuPont Professor of Materials Chemistry and Associate Department Head for Research ...

Public health strategies, from vaccination to improving sanitary conditions, may have different impacts depending on whether a disease is endemic — persisting in a particular location for an extended ...

A new technique allows astronomers to home in on planets beyond our solar system that are in line with each other and with Earth to search for radio signals similar, for example, to ones used to ...

Before the evolution of legs from fins, the axial skeleton — including the bones of the head, neck, back and ribs — was already going through changes that would eventually help our ancestors support ...

About a thousand students each year pass through the sixth floor of Mueller Lab. Nestled among biology labs and study spaces, one lab in particular provides students with a unique opportunity to study ...

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 ...

Daniel Heintzelman, a chemistry graduate student recently shared with us his experience attending and speaking at the International Symposium on Monolayer Protected Clusters, which Penn State hosted.

The Office of Communications maintains a repository of branded materials and templates, standards and guidelines, and other documentation for all of our community of practice members and ...

Are you an artist looking for inspiration? Or a scientist ready to flex your creative muscles? Discover how artistic expression and scientific investigation intersect in this hands-on, ...

Cui-Zu Chang, professor of physics in the Eberly College of Science, is one of six Penn State faculty members to receive 2026 Faculty Scholar Medals for Outstanding Achievement. Established in 1980, ...

Todd LaJeunesse, professor of biology at Penn State, has been appointed to the Wilson Hewitt Professorship in Biology in the Eberly College of Science. The professorship is part of a $3-million estate ...

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 ...