If an extraterrestrial civilization existed with Earth-like technology, would they be able to detect Earth and evidence of humanity? If so, what signals would they detect and from how far away? A new ...

During this four-day program the students will work in groups on challenging problem sets that they would not be exposed to in high school. The problems will focus on different cryptographic methods ...

As his term comes to an end, Schuyler talks about serving as the voice for Penn State students on the University’s Board of Trustees and the search for his successor 3 February 2025 As he approaches ...

Using data from the European Space Agency’s Gaia mission, scientists, including Penn State astronomers, have found a huge exoplanet and a brown dwarf. This is the first time a planet has been uniquely ...

The Penn State Eberly College of Science community is mourning the loss of Jennifer Lawrence, assistant director of alumni relations, who died on Jan. 30, 2025. In her more than 13 years with Penn ...

Chad Brunswick, a Ph.D candidate in the Huck Institutes’ intercollege graduate degree program in Neuroscience, has been awarded a prestigious National Research Service Award (NRSA) from the National ...

“Quantum materials has emerged as a field recently as current devices are approaching their quantum limit,” said Lukas Muechler, assistant professor of chemistry and physics. Muechler recently spoke ...

Lauren Zarzar, professor of chemistry and of materials science and engineering, has been named a recipient of the 2025 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the White ...

Undergraduate Kueyoung Kim is the third Penn Stater to earn a Churchill Scholarship, which provides funding to American students for a year of master’s study in science, mathematics and engineering at ...

Quantum computing is naturally suited for simulating quantum dynamics, leveraging the principles of quantum mechanics to solve problems at the electronic level. But what if these remarkable ...

Quantum materials have long promised to revolutionize technology — yet given their innate complexity, the revolution is not guaranteed. Advancements in energy storage, quantum information science, and ...

Many materials store information about what has happened to them in a sort of material memory, like wrinkles on a once ...