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Michele W. Berger
Penn Research Reveals Brain Region Crucial for Using Boundaries to Navigate
Imagine a room or a landscape or a city street.
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Penn Researchers Move One Step Closer to Sustainable Hydrogen Production
Splitting water into its hydrogen and oxygen parts may sound like science fiction, but it’s the end goal of chemists and chemical engineers like Christopher Murray of the University of Pennsylvania and
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Penn scholars distinguish presidential candidates by analyzing their words
The lead-up to U.S. presidential elections can be drawn out and jargon-filled, challenging voters to distinguish between what politicians say and what they actually mean.
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Eye-tracking study from Penn linguist reveals inner workings of human mind
Though Florian Schwarz is a linguist, he pays a lot of attention to the twinkle in his research subjects’ eyes. That “twinkle” is the corneal reflection, or the spot where light reflects in the eye. The way it interacts with the pupil can teach scientists about the thought processes of the decision-makers they’re studying.
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Penn Nursing students help new moms, newborns transition home
In 2015, mothers gave birth to more than 4,000 babies at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania (HUP).
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Penn Student Mathematician Participates in Eight-week NSF Research Program
Before last summer, Suneil Parimoo had never worked on partial differential equations. But that didn’t stop the University of Pennsylvania senior from spending eight weeks solving one such problem at a Math REU at the Florida Institute of Technology.
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Penn philosopher sheds new light on robots, artificial intelligence
What role does a philosopher play in building robots? If you’re Lisa Miracchi, an assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy in the School of Arts & Sciences, more than you might think.
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Penn Science Café Presents ‘Public (Mis)understanding of Evolution’
WHO: Michael Weisberg Chair and Professor
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Three Penn Researchers Awarded 2016 Sloan Fellowships
Three University of Pennsylvania faculty members are among recipients of this year’s Sloan Research Fellowship, two from Penn’s Perelman School of Medicine, one from Penn’s
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