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In the News, Research + Innovation

University of Pennsylvania and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Sign a Cooperative AI Advising Agreement

The University of Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro’s Office of Administration have signed a cooperative agreement for artificial intelligence advising services. The agreement leverages … Read More ›

Posted on October 31, 2025October 31, 2025
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Research + Innovation

From Soft to Solid: How a Coral Stiffens Its Skeleton on Demand

Touch the branches of Leptogorgia chilensis, a soft coral found along the Pacific coast from California to Chile, and its flexible arms stiffen, like Marvel’s … Read More ›

Posted on October 29, 2025October 27, 2025
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Research + Innovation

Nanoparticle Blueprints Reveal Path to Smarter Medicines

Lipid nanoparticles (LNPs) are the delivery vehicles of modern medicine, carrying cancer drugs, gene therapies and vaccines into cells. Until recently, many scientists assumed that … Read More ›

Posted on October 23, 2025October 20, 2025
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Research + Innovation

AI at the Eyelid: Glasses That Track Health Through Your Blinks

Penn researchers have developed a groundbreaking AI-powered device that turns ordinary glasses into a smart, energy-efficient health monitor by watching you blink. The device, called … Read More ›

Posted on October 1, 2025September 29, 2025
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Research + Innovation

Penn Engineers Unveil Generative AI Model that Designs New Antibiotics

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 ›

Posted on September 2, 2025August 27, 2025
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Research + Innovation

AI Uncovers New Antibiotics in Ancient Microbes

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 ›

Posted on August 12, 2025August 8, 2025
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In the News, Research + Innovation

Sustainable Computing: Can AI Be Energy Efficient?

As AI advances at breakneck speed, experts at Penn are urgently trying to answer these questions. Professors Arthur van Benthem and Benjamin C. Lee have … Read More ›

Posted on August 8, 2025
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Research + Innovation

Centuries After Discovery, Red Blood Cells Still Hold Surprises

Red blood cells, long thought to be passive bystanders in the formation of blood clots, actually play an active role in helping clots contract, according … Read More ›

Posted on August 6, 2025August 6, 2025
Research + Innovation

AI Vision, Reinvented: The Power of Synthetic Data

In the race to develop AI that understands complex images like financial forecasts, medical diagrams and nutrition labels — essential for AI to operate independently … Read More ›

Posted on July 21, 2025July 18, 2025
Honors + Awards, Research + Innovation

$2.6M NIH Grant Backs Search for Genetic Cure in Deadly Heart Disease

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 ›

Posted on July 7, 2025July 6, 2025

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