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Research + Innovation

Penn and UC Merced Research Reveals an Unexpected Mechanism Behind Friction for 2D Materials

As our ability to manipulate materials on the nanoscale grows, our library of “two dimensional” materials increases. Consisting of a repeating lattice of atoms in … Read More ›

Posted on January 25, 2021January 25, 2021
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Research + Innovation

Jennifer Wilcox Contributes to Carbon Dioxide Removal Primer

Jennifer Wilcox, the University of Pennsylvania’s new Presidential Distinguished Professor of Chemical Engineering and Energy Policy, is one of the world’s leading experts on carbon … Read More ›

Posted on January 19, 2021
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Research + Innovation

New Treatment Target Discovered That Halts Osteoarthritis-Like Knee Cartilage Degeneration

There is currently no cure for osteoarthritis, but a group of scientists believe they’ve discovered a method through which a simple knee injection could potentially … Read More ›

Posted on January 15, 2021January 15, 2021
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Research + Innovation

One Step Closer to an At-home, Rapid COVID-19 Test

The lab of Penn’s César de la Fuente sits at the interface of machines and biology, with much of its work focused on innovative treatments for infectious disease. … Read More ›

Posted on January 14, 2021
Research + Innovation

Penn Engineering and CHOP Researchers Identify Nanoparticles that Could Be Used in Therapeutic mRNA Delivery before Birth

Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania have identified ionizable lipid nanoparticles that … Read More ›

Posted on January 13, 2021January 13, 2021
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Research + Innovation

Studying ‘Hunters and Busybodies,’ Penn and American University Researchers Measure Different Types of Curiosity

Curiosity has been found to play a role in our learning and emotional well-being, but due to the open-ended nature of how curiosity is actually … Read More ›

Posted on January 12, 2021January 27, 2021
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Research + Innovation

Penn, Carnegie Mellon and Johns Hopkins to Develop New Turing Tests, Investigate How AI Can Become More Like Biological Intelligence

While artificial intelligence is becoming a bigger part of nearly every industry and increasingly present in everyday life, even the most impressive AI is no … Read More ›

Posted on January 7, 2021January 7, 2021
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Research + Innovation

Faster Together: Firooz Aflatouni’s Electronic-photonic Innovations

The first-ever image of a black hole, published in 2019, was constructed from five petabytes of data. These files were so large that they had … Read More ›

Posted on December 3, 2020December 4, 2020
The complicated guts of the the Krios G3i cryo-electron microscope.
Research + Innovation

Penn joins ‘Cryo Revolution’ by Adding Nobel-winning Microscope

Penn’s Singh Center for Nanotechnology has added the newest cutting-edge technology to its collection of already impressive microscopes: The Krios G3i, a cryogenic electron microscope that will allow … Read More ›

Posted on November 30, 2020December 1, 2020
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Research + Innovation

Blending up New Materials

The design of new materials is all about achieving the right mix of properties from their constituent parts, whether they’re atoms and molecules, or more … Read More ›

Posted on November 24, 2020November 24, 2020

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