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Postdoctoral researcher Shravan Pradeep puts a muddy baseball under a microscope to see what properties the mud has.
In the News, Research + Innovation

The Alchemy Behind the Diamond: Unearthing Baseball’s Beloved Mud

With the Phillies’ World Series hopes dashed by the Arizona Diamondbacks, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania are diverting their gaze to a lesser-known player … Read More ›

Posted on October 31, 2023
MACH2 Ecosystem Map
In the News, Research + Innovation

Penn Among Education Partners in Mid-Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub (MACH2) to Advance Clean Energy

The University of Pennsylvania will serve as an education partner in support of workforce development efforts with the Mid-Atlantic Clean Hydrogen Hub (MACH2), a partnership … Read More ›

Posted on October 30, 2023
Origami robot
Research + Innovation

A Centimeter-Scale Quadruped Leverages Curved-Crease Origami

Centimeter-scale walking and crawling robots are in demand both for their ability to explore tight or cluttered environments and for their low fabrication costs. Now, … Read More ›

Posted on October 25, 2023October 25, 2023
cargo-carrying particle excreted by many cells, extracellular vesicles.
Research + Innovation

Leveraging the Body’s Postal System to Understand and Treat Disease

Akin to the packages sent from one person to another via an elaborate postal system, cells send tiny parcels that bear contents and packaging material … Read More ›

Posted on October 23, 2023
Tooth Decay
In the News, Research + Innovation

Combined Treatment Takes a Bite Out of Tooth Decay

The sting of a toothache or the discovery of a cavity is a universal dread. Dental caries, more commonly known as tooth decay, is an … Read More ›

Posted on October 20, 2023
Kaustubh Sridhar
Research + Innovation, Students

Making Better Decisions with AI

Kaustubh Sridhar As artificial intelligence becomes more integrated into our daily lives, it’s essential that these systems are able to accurately make decisions in the … Read More ›

Posted on October 19, 2023
Colorful viles of nanoparticles
In the News, Research + Innovation

Delving into Quantum Dots

The world woke up on Oct. 3 to learn that Moungi Bawendi of MIT, Louis Brus of Columbia University, and Alexei Ekimov of Nanocrystals Inc. … Read More ›

Posted on October 11, 2023
Sophomore Andrew Ahn, C’26, ENG’26, has worked on cars with his dad since childhood. His work this summer—which he hopes to continue—allowed him to marry that passion with those he has for chemistry and mechanical engineering, his two majors. Ahn- Andrew is in his lab working on experiments.
Research + Innovation, Students

A Solution for Cleaner Cars

Scattered throughout the lab of chemistry professor Eric Schelter—under a box, on top of a shelf, in a drawer—are vials containing solutions of an orange … Read More ›

Posted on October 9, 2023October 9, 2023
Liang Feng
Honors + Awards, Research + Innovation

Liang Feng Receives DARPA Director’s Fellowship

  Liang Feng, Professor in Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) and Electrical and Systems Engineering (ESE), is the recipient of a Director’s Fellowship from the … Read More ›

Posted on October 6, 2023
Research + Innovation

Innovation and Impact: “RNA: Past, Present and Future”

In the most recent episode of Innovation & Impact, titled “RNA: Past, Present and Future,” David F. Meaney, Senior Associate Dean of Penn Engineering and … Read More ›

Posted on October 4, 2023October 5, 2023

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