For Amehja Williams (EE’26), who dreams of going to Mars, engineering is about more than technical prowess. Last year, as a NASA-Partner Eclipse Ambassador, she … Read More ›
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Two decades ago, scientists peeled away layers from graphite, the soft carbon in pencil tips, to isolate a single atomic sheet known as graphene—the first … Read More ›
What if generative AI could design life-saving antibiotics, not just art and text? In a new Cell Biomaterials paper, Penn researchers introduce AMP-Diffusion, a generative … Read More ›
They’ve survived for billions of years in boiling acid, deep-sea vents and salt flats. Now, some of Earth’s oldest life forms — microbes called Archaea … Read More ›
Snake, scorpion and spider venom are most frequently associated with poisonous bites, but with the help of artificial intelligence, they might be able to help … Read More ›
Fourteen million people worldwide suffer from enlarged hearts, or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a genetic disease that thickens the heart’s walls, making it harder for the … Read More ›
Penn-led researchers have turned a deadly fungus into a potent cancer-fighting compound. After isolating a new class of molecules from Aspergillus flavus, a toxic crop … Read More ›
How does your body distinguish friendly visitors, like medications and medical devices, from dangerous invaders such as viruses and other infectious agents? The answer lies … Read More ›
In an era defined by rapid technological transformation, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a central force reshaping nearly every facet of human life—from health … Read More ›
The American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) has named Ravi Radhakrishnan, Professor and Herman P. Schwan Department Chair of Bioengineering and Professor in Chemical and … Read More ›