Joe Paterno and his magic glasses

Well, it seems that Joe Paterno is selling his glasses. What's up with that? I know he's a great man and all, but why would somebody pay $7000 for a pair of used glasses? is JoePa having lasik surgery? I couldn't tell you...

Scanning Electron Microscope at Penn State

I just found out that there are a number of scanning electron microscopes at Penn State, one in my very own department!

The Penn State SEM (scanning electron microscope) at ESM is relatively new, but hardly anybody uses it. It seems that if you need one, this is the one to schedule.

One of the unique features of this machine is that it's "environmental", meaning it can do organic things, like spiders and such.