COVID-19 vaccines are just the beginning for mRNA-based therapies; enabling a patient’s body to make almost any given protein could revolutionize care for other viruses, … Read More ›
While humans rely on gravity for balance and orientation, the mechanisms by which we actually sense this fundamental force are largely unknown. Odder still, the … Read More ›
A decade ago, the National Science Foundation started its Innovation Corps program to help translate academic research into the wider world. Functioning as a national … Read More ›
The animal kingdom is full of creatures with active camouflage. What looks like a drab pile of sand and rocks might actually be a brightly … Read More ›
Throughout the afternoon on the first day of Penn’s annual Fall Student Activities Fair, a crowd surrounded the Penn Chess table as students took turns playing the game … Read More ›
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 ›
Assistant Professor Lu Lu, an expert in machine learning and multiscale modeling as they pertain to biomedical systems, is the newest member of the Department … Read More ›
Humans have never been more connected to one another, though the speed with which we can share with one another has its drawbacks. For example, … Read More ›
By picking out hidden relationships within vast data sets, machine learning algorithms promise to revolutionize entire industries with faster, more accurate decisions and personalized recommendations. … 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 ›