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As renewable sources such as wind and solar are quickly changing the energy landscape, scientists are looking for ways to better store energy for when … Read More ›

Blinking Eye-on-a-Chip is One of NSF’s ‘4 Awesome Discoveries’ Each week, the National Science Foundation highlights “4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About” — a kid-friendly … Read More ›

Penn Engineers’ New Topological Insulator Can Reroute Photonic ‘Traffic’ On the Fly, Making for Faster Chips The researchers’ chip features a tessellated grid of oval rings. … Read More ›

‘Fast Company’ Names IPD Project a 2019 Innovation By Design Honoree Swiv (center), a toothbrush designed to be easier for children with cognitive disabilities to use, … Read More ›

Deepfake Detector Wins PennApps XX Team DeFake: Aarati Srikumar, Daniel Li, George Diwan and Sofiya Lysenko An app designed to detect deepfakes took home the grand prize … Read More ›

Penn Engineering and the ‘Jobs of the Future’ 6ABC visited PERCH to discuss how automation will make some jobs obsolete while creating new ones. Watch the … Read More ›

‘Is Data Privacy Real? Don’t Bet on It’ In the wake of high-profile breaches and new research outlining the way seemingly anonymous data can be re-identified, … Read More ›

For Jordan Raney, assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, cutting-edge science sometimes involves whacking a rubber disc with a hammer. … Read More ›

Penn Engineering Announces Four New Scholarly Chairs Danielle Bassett, Russell Composto, Boon Thau Loo and Mark Yim Penn Engineering is pleased to announce the names of … Read More ›

Michael Mitchell Receives Chinese Association for Biomaterials Young Investigator Award Michael Mitchell Michael Mitchell, Skirkanich Assistant Professor of Innovation in the Department of Bioengineering at … Read More ›