Scientists at Penn State have harnessed a unique property called incipient ferroelectricity to create a new type of computer memory that could revolutionize how electronic devices work, such as using much less energy and operating in extreme environments like outer space.  

The more powerful they get, traditional curved lenses used in telescopes become bigger and bulkier. University of Utah engineers create the first flat telescope lens that can capture color while detecting light from faraway stars. This technology could transform astrophotography imaging systems, especially in applications where space is at a premium, such as on aircraft, satellites and space-based telescopes.

A groundbreaking study Led by Dr. DENG Hongping of the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has shed new light on the mysterious origins of free-floating planetary-mass objects—celestial bodies with masses between stars and planets. 

Aerospace engineering senior Philip Wilson attended an American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) conference. Rohit Raut, a senior physics major, presented his work at a nuclear research symposium, and senior biology major Jaden Rankin had the opportunity to feature her research at an entomology conference. These and other University of Texas at Arlington students were able to showcase their original research at major symposiums thanks to UTA’s expansion of its popular undergraduate research program that provides funding for select students to present at academic conferences.

New research by an international team of researchers now argues that a different iron oxide mineral is in fact responsible for the Mars’ color: ferrihydrite.

Analysis of stalagmite samples from caves in southern Morocco has provided new insights into rainfall patterns in the Sahara Desert in the past. Researchers from the University of Oxford and the Institut National des Sciences de l’Archéologie et du Patrimoine have discovered that rainfall in the desert increased between 8,700 and 4,300 years ago, which had a major impact on ancient herding societies. The study is available to read in the journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters.