Evan Lerner

The University of Pennsylvania’s GRASP Laboratory has received a three-year, $5.5 million grant from the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency to create new flying robots that are able to quickly and autonomously navigate unknown environments.

The difference in mental maturity between an 8-year-old and a 22-year-old is typically easy to identify in terms of emotions and behavior. The changes in the brain at the root of this difference, however, are much more difficult to see.

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have received a five-year, $3.6 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop materials for multifunctional coatings on emergency tents, enabling them to manage water, prevent the spread of bacteria and capture and store solar energy.

When disaster strikes and people are displaced, something as simple as a tarp can mean the difference between life and death. Setting up temporary shelters is often among the first priorities of relief agencies, and what the shelters are made of is of great importance. 

Three professors from the University of Pennsylvania have been elected members to the National Academy of Medicine, one of the nation's highest honors in biomedicine. NAM was originally the Institute of Medicine, which was established in 1970 under the charter of the National Academy of Sciences to advise the nation on medical and health issues.

On the last Sunday in September, several rare events occurred all at once. A total lunar eclipse coincided with the moon’s closest point in its orbit of Earth.

The National Institutes of Health have named Jennifer Phillips-Cremins, an assistant professor in the University of Pennsylvania School of Engineering and Applied Science’s Department of Bioengineering, as a member of its

Collagen is the most abundant protein in the body. Named from the Latin for “glue,” its springy, tough coils are the main component of connective tissue, like ligaments and tendons, as well as of skin.

How does the brain determine which direction to let its thoughts fly? Looking for the mechanisms behind cognitive control of thought, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, University of California and United States Army Research Laboratory have used brain scans to shed new light on this question.

For most people, “radio” is something that is listened to. For physicists and astronomers, however, “radio” is something that is seen.