Artist's impression of a massive star-forming region in the NGC 6357 nebula, with the planet-forming disk XUE1 in the foreground. The region is drenched in intense ultraviolet light from massive stars ...

When on-campus labs were effectively shuttered in early 2020, scientists scrambled to find ways to continue their work. Biochemists and molecular biologists, in particular, struggled without the use ...

Combining stem cells and silicon nanowires in lab-grown tissue has shown promise as a step toward a new treatment for heart disease, the leading cause of death worldwide, according to a ...

Thanks to a partnership with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Science-U is fostering a new generation of environmentalists, allowing K–12 students to ask questions and ...

Sharing disappointing results with a world of researchers working to find what they hope with be the “discovery of the century” isn’t an easy task, but that is what Penn State theoretical physicist ...

One of the many ways that research can make an impact on everyday life or address societal challenges is through a process called translation, an early part of technology transfer, where novel ideas ...

Penn State Eberly College of Science undergraduate students Fiona McConnell, Kylie Nitz, and Kellyn Roth have been honored with the inaugural Kirchner Family Award for Sustainability Innovation.. The ...

The study, published today, Nov. 7, in the journal Environmental Science and Technology: Air, demonstrated that microplastics act as ice nucleating particles, microscopic aerosols that facilitate the ...

The BMMB Climate and Diversity Committee strives to foster an inclusive community within the department, where everyone is given respect. We acknowledge the adversities faced disproportionately by ...

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UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — By combining forefront X-ray observations with state-of-the-art supercomputer simulations of the buildup of galaxies over cosmic history, researchers have provided the best ...

When stars collapse, they can leave behind incredibly dense but relatively small and cold remnants called neutron stars. If two stars collapse in close proximity, the leftover binary neutron stars ...