Category: Research + Innovation

Reaching our carbon emission goals requires efforts on all fronts of carbon management; decreasing carbon emissions, capturing carbon and storing carbon. Traditionally, cost and resource … Read More ›

Chemical separation processes are essential in the manufacturing of many products from gasoline to whiskey. Such processes are energetically costly, accounting for approximately 10–15 percent … Read More ›

Since the concept first appeared in science fiction, artificial intelligence has long promised to revolutionize nearly every facet of society. Machines are already making faster … Read More ›

A major research challenge in the field of nanotechnology is finding efficient ways to control light, an ability essential for high-resolution imaging, biosensors and cell … Read More ›

New research published in Nature Physics details the relationship between a disordered material’s individual particle arrangement and how it reacts to external stressors. The study also found … Read More ›

The microscopic components that make up computer chips must be made at staggering scales. With billions of transistors in a single processor, each made of … Read More ›

Penn Engineering secured a multi-million-dollar contract with Wellcome Leap under the organization’s $60 million RNA Readiness + Response (R3) program, which is jointly funded with … Read More ›

A new study describes previously unexpected properties in a complex quantum material known as Ta2NiSe5. Using a novel technique developed at Penn, these findings have … Read More ›

In a study published by the journal Judgment and Decision Making, Stevens University Professor in Penn Engineering’s Department of Computer and Information Science and Computational … Read More ›

Astronomers have been waiting decades for the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope, which promises to peer farther into space than ever before. But … Read More ›