Category: Research + Innovation

New research published in Physical Review Letters describes how electrons move through two different configurations of bilayer graphene, the atomically-thin form of carbon. This study, the … Read More ›

The COVID-19 pandemic upended so much so quickly when stay-at-home orders forced most Americans indoors in March 2020. For Penn Law economics professor David Abrams, who has spent … Read More ›

Endotracheal tubes are a mainstay of hospital care, as they ensure a patient’s airway is clear when they can’t breathe on their own. However, keeping … Read More ›

Testing is key to understanding and controlling the spread of COVID-19, which has already taken more than four million lives around the world. However, current … Read More ›

Fuel cells are likely to become an important energy conversion solution, as they can turn clean, abundant hydrogen into large amounts of electrical power — enough … Read More ›

When it comes to supercomputers, raw speed is no longer enough to tackle some of the world’s most pressing problems. When the data being crunched … Read More ›

Through a $20 Million grant, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has established the Institute for Learning-enabled Optimization at Scale, or TILOS. As one of TILOS’ … Read More ›

With wireless-enabled electronics becoming smaller and more ubiquitous, their designers must constantly find ways for batteries to store more power in less space. And because … Read More ›

When it comes to studying why people believe the things they do, there aren’t many options beyond simply asking them. But with the rise of … Read More ›

A new study published in Accident Analysis & Prevention shows how biometric data can be used to find potentially challenging and dangerous areas of urban infrastructure … Read More ›