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  • Penn Center for Innovation celebrates 10 years

    The University’s nexus for technology transfer supports researchers in their innovative efforts, from CAR T to mRNA advancements that have dramatically reshaped the world.
    Two Penn researchers holding up pieces of a model.
    The Penn Center for Innovation (PCI), the University’s technology transfer hub, celebrates 10 years. In that time, PCI has helped faculty and researchers transform their discoveries into real-world applications that benefit society—researchers like César de la Fuente, who recently developed a state-of-the-art AI model that can predict whether a given amino acid sequence will have antibiotic properties.

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  • Exposure to air pollution worsens Alzheimer’s disease
    Emissions from a power plant.

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    Exposure to air pollution worsens Alzheimer’s disease

    New research from Penn Medicine finds living in areas with high concentration of air pollution is associated with increased buildup of amyloid and tau proteins in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients, accelerating cognitive decline.

    Sep 9, 2025

    Penn physicist Charles Kane to receive the 2026 Lorentz Medal
    Charles Kane

    Charles Kane, Christopher H. Browne Distinguished Professor of Physics at Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences.

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    Penn physicist Charles Kane to receive the 2026 Lorentz Medal

    Awarded every four years by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, the medal honors Kane’s pioneering research on topological insulators.

    Sep 4, 2025