A New Oldest Star
Visiting researchers discover most distant star yet.
Alien Archaeology
Heard on Campus: Jill Tarter gives the third annual Women in Physics public lecture.
Galaxy Chaser
Thomas Krane C’13 is headed for the stars—or maybe Wall Street.
For Whom the Nobel Tolls …
George E. Smith C’55
Research Briefs
Research briefs
Counting Sheep in Space
Sleeping in space
Solar Neutrinos Shine on a New Nobel Laureate
Physics professor Ray Davis wins Nobel for work on solar neutrinos.
The “Father of Neutrino Research” Honored
Davis earns National Medal of Science for neutrino research
The Particle Sleuths
Penn researchers have a long history of tracking solar neutrinos, elusive particles which may tell us much about our sun and the nature of matter itself.
Preparing Major Tom for Microgravity
Dr. Martin Kushmerick M’63 Gr’66
Stamp of Approval
Ahmed Zewail Gr’74 Hon’97
Stalking the Wild Neutrino
Hunting neutrinos in Antarctica
The Wisdom of Perl: Balancing the Emotional Research Budget
Nobel-prize winner Martin Perl on the art and craft of experimental physics
Mining the Moon: Not Just Pie in the Sky
Mi$$ion to the moon