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Ottman Tertuliano on a background depicting bones
Research + Innovation

The Tertuliano Lab Has a Bone To Pick — And the Tools To Explain How It Breaks

Lightweight, tough and strong, our bones are forces of nature. Ottman Tertuliano joined the faculty of Penn Engineering last year to study bone as both … Read More ›

Posted on September 27, 2023November 10, 2023
Seunguk Song holds up a wafer of 2D InSe
Research + Innovation

Silicon Ally: Penn Engineers Grow Full Wafers of High-Performing 2D Semiconductor That Integrates With State-of-the-Art Chips

The semiconductor industry today is working to respond to a threefold mandate: increasing computing power, decreasing chip sizes and managing power in densely packed circuits. … Read More ›

Posted on September 19, 2023
The picture above shows a before (left) and after (right) fluorescence image of fungal biofilms being precisely targeted by nanozyme microrobots without bonding to or disturbing the tissue sample. (Image: Min Jun Oh and Seokyoung Yoon)
Research + Innovation

Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry Positions Penn as a Leader in Engineering Health

Penn’s Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry (CiPD) is the first cross-disciplinary initiative in the nation to unite oral-craniofacial health sciences and engineering. An institutional … Read More ›

Posted on September 18, 2023September 18, 2023
A healthy human T cell
Research + Innovation

An Improved Delivery System for mRNA Vaccines Provides More Powerful Protection

The COVID-19 vaccine swiftly undercut the worst of the pandemic for hundreds of millions around the world. Available sooner than almost anyone expected, these vaccines … Read More ›

Posted on August 29, 2023August 30, 2023
Research + Innovation

The Physics of Fat Droplets Reveal DNA Danger

Fat is a normal and necessary part of the body. Fat cells store and release energy, as well as play significant roles in hormonal regulation … Read More ›

Posted on August 28, 2023September 1, 2023
A Neanderthal stands with a helix
Research + Innovation

For a New Generation of Antibiotics, Scientists are Bringing Extinct Molecules Back to Life – and Discovering the Hidden Genetics of Immunity Along the Way

“We need to think big in antibiotics research,” says Cesar de la Fuente. “Over one million people die every year from drug-resistant infections, and this … Read More ›

Posted on August 16, 2023August 16, 2023
A brain with microchip elements, illustration
In the News, Research + Innovation

CNN Features Penn Engineering AI Research

Artificial intelligence has made exponential leaps in its ability to produce text that looks and sounds like human-generated writing. Research shows, however, that machine-generated text … Read More ›

Posted on July 27, 2023July 27, 2023
A Lassa virus budding off a cell.
Research + Innovation

Artificial Intelligence is Leveling Up the Fight Against Infectious Diseases

Artificial intelligence is a new addition to the infectious disease researcher’s toolbox. Yet in merely half a decade, AI has accelerated progress on some of … Read More ›

Posted on July 20, 2023July 21, 2023
A figure showing the layering of materials in the FE-FET
Research + Innovation

A Ferroelectric Transistor That Stores and Computes at Scale

The Big Data revolution has strained the capabilities of state-of-the-art electronic hardware, challenging engineers to rethink almost every aspect of the microchip. With ever more … Read More ›

Posted on July 13, 2023July 13, 2023
Lattices with bioactive sites hang from the ceiling (digital rendering)
Research + Innovation

The Art and Science of Living-Like Architecture

“This technology is not alive,” says Laia Mogas-Soldevila. “It is living-like.” The distinction is an important one for the assistant professor at the Stuart Weitzman … Read More ›

Posted on June 21, 2023June 21, 2023

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