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A new way to connect with like-minded students
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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
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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
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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

Uniting against an invisible foe
microscopic image of covid-19

A tiny virus has transformed life as we know it. But in nearly every corner of Penn’s campus, researchers are making remarkable progress to combat it.

(Image, also on homepage: National Institutes of Health)

Uniting against an invisible foe

All across the University, researchers have launched new areas of study, reaching across disciplinary boundaries to make stunning progress in combating COVID-19.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Using lung-on-a-chip technology to find treatments for chlorine gas exposure
Lung on a chip detail.

Huh’s organ-on-a-chip devices contain human cells, allowing for experiments that could not otherwise be practically or ethically performed. (Image: Penn Engineering Today)

Using lung-on-a-chip technology to find treatments for chlorine gas exposure

The new lung-on-a-chip platforms will help better understand how chlorine damages lung tissues and to discover specific biomarkers of chlorine gas-induced lung injury.

Evan Lerner

How the Africana Studies Summer Institute went virtual
Student with "What's one thing we wish we were told as freshman" in text across a Zoom screen

Niko Simpkins (above) and Camille Charles (top right) were among those featured in the Institute's final video presentation.

How the Africana Studies Summer Institute went virtual

The 2020 Africana Summer Institute adopted a new vision, working to prepare freshmen for a virtual life at Penn.

Kristina García