The average human gut contains roughly 100 trillion microbes, many of which are constantly competing for limited resources. “It’s such a harsh environment,” says César … Read More ›
Author: Ian Scheffler
Today, Lyle Brunhofer (EAS’14, GEng’14) advises companies on digital transformations, applying the skills he learned at Penn Engineering to modernize firms’ understanding of customers in … Read More ›
Even today, centuries after he lived, Johann Sebastian Bach remains one of the world’s most popular composers. On Spotify, close to seven million people stream … Read More ›
In 2004, Chinedum Osuji, Eduardo D. Glandt Presidential Professor and Chair of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE), represented Trinidad and Tobago at the Olympic Games … Read More ›
In North Carolina, where Jacob Gardner, Assistant Professor in Computer and Information Science, grew up, hurricanes arrive like unwelcome relatives — Fran, Matthew, Florence. In … Read More ›
How do you make robotics kits affordable for children in low-income countries? Speed up the manufacturing of organs-on-a-chip? Lower the environmental impact of condiments in … Read More ›
One of the most important but least understood aspects of healing is cell migration, or the process of cells moving from one part of the … Read More ›
One of the pillars of science is the idea that experimental results can be replicated. If they cannot be reproduced, what if the findings of … Read More ›
Every day, American news outlets collectively publish thousands of articles. In 2016, according to The Atlantic, The Washington Post published 500 pieces of content per … Read More ›
In the early 20th century, as Isabel Wilkerson recounts in The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration, millions of Black … Read More ›