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Eight Professors Named 2012 Penn Fellows

Eight Professors Named 2012 Penn Fellows

PHILADELPHIA – Eight University of Pennsylvania professors have been named Penn Fellows for 2012.  The announcement was made by

Julie McWilliams

Penn Engineers Develop More Effective MRI Contrast Agent for Cancer Detection

Penn Engineers Develop More Effective MRI Contrast Agent for Cancer Detection

Many imaging technologies and their contrast agents — chemicals used during scans to help detect tumors and other problems — involve exposure to radiation or heavy metals, which present potential health risks to patients and limit the ways they can be applied.

Evan Lerner

Penn and Brown Researchers Demonstrate Earthquake Friction Effect at the Nanoscale

Penn and Brown Researchers Demonstrate Earthquake Friction Effect at the Nanoscale

PHILADELPHIA — Earthquakes are some of the most daunting natural disasters that scientists try to analyze. Though the earth’s major fault lines are well known, there is little scientists can do to predict when an earthquake will occur or how strong it will be.

Evan Lerner

Penn: A More Flexible Window Into the Brain

Penn: A More Flexible Window Into the Brain

PHILADELPHIA - A team of researchers co-led by the University of Pennsylvania has developed and tested a new high-resolution, ultra-thin device capable of recording brain activity from the cortical surface without having to use penetrating electrodes.

Kim Menard

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu to Speak at Penn

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu to Speak at Penn

 WHO:           Steven Chu                       Nobel Prize-winning physicist and the U.S. secretary of energy

Evan Lerner

Penn Researchers Develop New Technique for Filling Gaps in Fossil Record

Penn Researchers Develop New Technique for Filling Gaps in Fossil Record

PHILADELPHIA — University of Pennsylvania evolutionary biologists have resolved a long-standing paleontological problem by reconciling the fossil record of species diversity with modern DNA samples.

Evan Lerner

Penn Molecular Scientists Develop Color-Changing Stress Sensor

Penn Molecular Scientists Develop Color-Changing Stress Sensor

PHILADELPHIA — It is helpful — even life-saving — to have a warning sign before a structural system fails, but, when the system is only a few nanometers in size, having a sign that’s easy to read is a challenge.

Evan Lerner