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Penn Dental, Penn Engineering unite to form Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry
Time lapse photo of green circle shows a progressively larger cleared off area where a robot has removed a biofilm

With a precise, controlled movement, microrobots clear a glass plate of a biofilm in this time-lapse sequence.

(Image: Geelsu Hwang and Edward Steager)

Penn Dental, Penn Engineering unite to form Center for Innovation & Precision Dentistry

The new Center will bring the two schools together to accelerate the development of new solutions and devices to address unmet needs in oral health.

Beth Adams

The outlook for science under the Biden-Harris administration
International leaders celebrate the Paris Climate Accord

President Biden made good on his promise to rejoin the Paris Climate Accord on his first day in office. The agreement was originally adopted at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2015. (Image: UNclimatechange)

The outlook for science under the Biden-Harris administration

Penn Today spoke with experts in various areas of science and environmental policy about what they anticipate will shift now that President Biden has assumed the nation’s leadership.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Researchers measure different types of curiosity studying ‘hunters and busybodies’
Illustration of person on a computer with two information path bubbles coming out of the computer that describe The Hunter and The Busybody.

Curiosity styles as knowledge networks where each node is a Wikipedia page and the paths between nodes represent the similarity between pages. “The hunter” style is characterized by high clustering and low overall path length, while “the busybody” style is characterized by low clustering and high overall path length. (Image: Melissa Pappas)

Researchers measure different types of curiosity studying ‘hunters and busybodies’

A multidisciplinary study has found a way to readily quantify the information-seeking associated with curiosity and explore mechanisms underlying information-seeking.

From Penn Engineering Today

Ruby Washington is poised to make her mark in bioengineering
Ruby Washington holds a bioengineered cast in the shape of a human leg.

Ruby Washington is poised to make her mark in bioengineering

The senior in Penn Engineering’s Department of Bioengineering weds biomedicine and her pursuit in addressing healthcare disparities in the Black community.

From Penn Engineering Today

A new way to connect with like-minded students
computer rendering of two people working at a computer

Image by: Vraj Shroff, Penn student

A new way to connect with like-minded students

Penn students reimagine relationships with a virtual platform called Magic Connects.

Dee Patel

One step closer to an at-home, rapid COVID-19 test
A hand in a black rubber gloves holding a cell phone with a sensor attached. A dropper is touching the sensor.

Created in the lab of César de la Fuente, this miniaturized, portable version of rapid COVID-19 test, which is compatible with smart devices, can detect SARS-CoV-2 within four minutes with nearly 100% accuracy. (Image: Courtesy of César de la Fuente)

One step closer to an at-home, rapid COVID-19 test

The lab of César de la Fuente is working on a paper-based biosensor that could provide results in minutes. Clinical trials began Jan. 5.

Michele W. Berger

A new platform for creating material blends
Microscopic view of nanoparticle materials in a repeating hexagonal pattern.

A new platform for creating material blends

A novel way to rapidly create and characterize blends of polymers, nanoparticles, and other materials could significantly accelerate material development.

Evan Lerner

Penn joins ‘cryo revolution’ by adding Nobel-winning microscope
closeup of below-freezing liquid poured into a vessel.

Penn joins ‘cryo revolution’ by adding Nobel-winning microscope

The Singh Center’s Krios G3i, an electron microscope for studying samples at extremely low temperatures, allows researchers to look at cells, proteins, and nanoparticles like never before.

Erica K. Brockmeier , From Penn Engineering Today