Since the 1950s, scientists have used radio waves to uncover the molecular “fingerprints” of unknown materials, aiding in tasks as varied as scanning the human … Read More ›
Category: Research + Innovation
For roughly a century, ever since Alexander Fleming’s accidental discovery of penicillin in 1928, fungi have proven to be a goldmine for medicines. They’ve provided … Read More ›
Penn Engineers have modified lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) — the revolutionary technology behind the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines — to not only cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) … Read More ›
The Penn Center for Health, Devices, and Technology (Penn Health-Tech) and Venture Lab are excited to announce the launch of the Emerging Leaders in Health Innovation, … Read More ›
Cherie Kagan, Stephen J. Angello Professor in Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE), has been named the recipient of the 2024-25 George H. Heilmeier Faculty Award … Read More ›
Penn Engineers have made a critical breakthrough that bridges a major healthy equity gap for pregnant people with pre-eclampsia, a condition that arises due to … Read More ›
Imagine standing in a desert under a clear, starlit sky,” says Eric Stach, Robert D. Bent Professor of Engineering at the University of Pennsylvania. “With just … Read More ›
After the COVID-19 pandemic struck, online reviews of health care facilities dropped significantly, and they have not yet fully recovered, according to a new analysis … Read More ›
The history of Philadelphia’s water lies mostly underground, buried and dormant. Watershed maps show a slow and persistent erasure of the streams that once covered … Read More ›
Shu Yang, Joseph Bordogna Professor in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE), works to identify how synthetic and biological materials … Read More ›