An innovative AI tool to improve health care delivery in rural India Fourth-year neuroscience major Prithvi Parthasarathy is dedicated to innovating health care delivery.nocred An innovative AI tool to improve health care delivery in rural India Prithvi Parthasarathy, a fourth-year neuroscience major, designed an AI triage tool to improve hospital efficiency and patient care. 3 min. read
Pink noise reduces REM sleep and may harm sleep quality Image: lisanna881 via Getty Images Pink noise reduces REM sleep and may harm sleep quality Penn Medicine researchers find that earplugs work better in protecting sleep from traffic noise, challenging the widespread use of ambient sound machines and apps marketed as sleep aids. 2 min. read
Powering AI from space, at scale Powering AI from space, at scale A new design for solar-powered data centers reduces weight, power consumption, and overall complexity, making large-scale deployment more feasible. 2 min. read
Understanding Japan’s snap elections Image: Buddhika Weerasinghe / Stringer via Getty Images Understanding Japan’s snap elections Perry World House Distinguished Visiting Fellow Mami Mizutori discusses the upcoming elections and their implications for Japanese policy and politics. 2 min. read
How to incentivize problem solving in groups Image: Flavio Coelho via Getty Images How to incentivize problem solving in groups Why do some groups get smarter together while others collapse into groupthink? New research from theoretical biologist Joshua Plotkin and collaborators show that collective intelligence doesn’t emerge by rewarding the most accurate individuals but by rewarding those who improve the group’s prediction as a whole. 3 min. read
Investigational blood biomarker panel may improve detection of pancreatic cancer Image: Sebastian Kaulitzk/Science Photo Library via Getty Images Investigational blood biomarker panel may improve detection of pancreatic cancer A Penn Medicine study shows that a biomarker blood panel that incorporates four different proteins enhances the detection of pancreatic cancer compared to measuring CA19-9 levels alone. 2 min. read
New report unpacks the crises facing American journalism and offers solutions Image: RiverNorthPhotography via Getty Images News New report unpacks the crises facing American journalism and offers solutions A report co-authored by Annenberg School for Communication professor Victor Pickard traces the erosion of the free press in the United States over the past two decades.
Penn named top producer of 2025-26 Fulbright students nocred Penn named top producer of 2025-26 Fulbright students With 19 students and alumni offered an award, the flagship international education exchange program again recognized Penn as a top producing institution of Fulbright Scholars. 1 min. read
Can classroom cell phone bans boost grades? News Can classroom cell phone bans boost grades? New research from Alp Sungu, assistant professor of operations, information, and decisions at Wharton, shows that collecting phones during college classes raises grades and creates calmer classrooms.
‘Nudging’ both patients and providers boosts flu vaccine numbers Image: Iparraguirre Recio via Getty Images ‘Nudging’ both patients and providers boosts flu vaccine numbers A new study shows that when patients got text messages from their primary care practice, and the providers were nudged themselves to boost vaccination numbers, rates jumped. 2 min. read