A $10.5 million grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania aims to transform the Delaware Valley into a leading center for nanotechnology research and business.
Nanotechnology manipulates atoms and molecules to create new and smaller products.
The Nanotechnology Center will be co-directed by David E. Luzzi, associate professor of materials science and engineering at Penn’s Laboratory for Research on the Structure of Matter, and Kambiz Pourrezaei, professor of electrical and computer engineering at Drexel University.
Nanotechnology requires cross-disciplinary research involving physicists, chemists and computer scientists. Luzzi calls the field “a great melting pot of all the scientific and engineering disciplines.” He predicts a dramatic growth in its applications in the coming decade.
Applications may include microscopic capsules that selectively deliver drugs to tumors and electronic circuits a fraction of their current size.
Novel plant-based approach to a better, cheaper GLP-1 delivery system
Research led by Penn Dental’s Henry Daniell investigates the use of a lettuce-based, plant-encapsulated delivery platform as a new oral delivery of two GLP-1 drugs previously approved by the FDA in injectable form.
No brain, no gain: Neuronal activity enhances benefits of exercise
Research led by Penn neuroscientist J. Nicholas Betley and collaborators finds that hypothalamic neurons are essential for translating physical exertion into endurance, potentially opening the door to exercise-mimicking therapies.
In honor of Valentine's Day, and as a way of fostering community in her Shakespeare in Love course, Becky Friedman took her students to the University Club for lunch one class period. They talked about the movie "Shakespeare in Love," as part of a broader conversation on how Shakespeare's works are adapted.
In Becky Friedman’s English course Shakespeare in Love, undergraduate students analyze language, genre, and adaptation in the Bard’s plays through the lens of love.
Beating the heat: Designing cooling for bodies in motion
Dorit Aviv, director of Weitzman’s Thermal Architecture Lab, studies how humans, technology, and design intersect, paving the way for the development of novel approaches to cooling people efficiently.
