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Researchers at Penn Develop Scar-like Culture Systems to Understand and Treat Fibrosis
A scar might be a reminder of an accident or surgery, but the fibrous tissue that makes up a scar also forms after a heart attack and arises in solid tumors as well as in chronic diseases such as liver cirrhosis and muscular dystrophy. Implanted medical devices and materials are similarly surrounded by fibrous capsules that impede their function.
Imagination Institute at Penn Awards Nearly $3M to Develop ‘Imagination Quotient’
The Imagination Institute, based at the University of Pennsylvania’s Positive Psychology Center, has announced nearly $3 million worth of grants to researchers at 16 institutions. The grants are aimed at the development of better ways of assessing and promoting imagination and creativity.
Penn Science Café Presents ‘Your Brain: An Ever-changing Network’
WHO: Danielle BassettSkirkanich Assistant Professor of InnovationDepartment of BioengineeringDepartment of Electrical and Systems EngineeringSchool of Engineering and Applied Science
Penn Researchers Answer Question about Nematode Behavior: Nature, Nurture, or Physics?
By Sarah Welsh Nature versus nurture is an age-old question in biology, centering on whether a given trait is determined by an organism’s genes or by its environment. Most times the answer is “both,” but research at the University of Pennsylvania has found one trait in particular that is not easily described by either.
Penn takes checkered flag at international racecar competition
Penn Electric Racing took home the gold at an international competition in mid-June.
New Penn Center Will Investigate the Physics of Cancer Via $10M NIH Grant
Investigators at a new University of Pennsylvania research center will focus on key physical principles that underpin cancer’s development and growth.
Penn Research Helps Show That Attention, Imagination Equally Important for Creativity
The role that attention plays in generating new and useful ideas is controversial among neuroscientists. Some neuroimaging studies have shown that creativity involves more cognitive control, or focused attention. Other studies have shown it involves less.
Probing the Universe’s ‘Dark’ Secrets
A team of physicists and astronomers from around the globe are on a five-year mission to answer fundamental questions about our universe: Why are galaxies clustered the way they are? Why are they moving apart faster and faster, instead of gravity slowing them down?
First Place Finish for Penn’s Electric Race Car
Penn Electric Racing has taken home top honors at an international competition.
Penn Research Simplifies Recycling of Rare-earth Magnets
Despite their ubiquity in consumer electronics, rare-earth metals are, as their name suggests, hard to come by. Mining and purifying them is an expensive, labor-intensive and ecologically devastating process.