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Torn Apart: Terror

Torn Apart: Terror

PIK Professor Dorothy Roberts describes the horrors that the child welfare system inflicts by invading homes, targeting low-income families, and threatening to separate parents and children.

Scientists observe composite superstructure growth from nanocrystals in real time
Artist's impression of spherical binary nanocrystal superlattices featuring semiconductor (emissive) and magnetic/plasmonic (non-emissive) nanocrystals.

A collaborative team of researchers led by PIK Professor Christopher B. Murray has observed for the first time composite superstructure growth from nanocrystals in real time. The discovery could enable engineers to more reliably manufacture next-generation materials by combining different nanocrystals. Shown here is an artist's impression of spherical binary nanocrystal superlattices featuring semiconductor (emissive) and magnetic/plasmonic (non-emissive) nanocrystals.

(Image: Courtesy of Emanuele Marino)

Scientists observe composite superstructure growth from nanocrystals in real time

The findings could enable engineers to more reliably manufacture next-generation materials by combining different nanocrystals.
Experiencing record-breaking heat days affects perception of weather trends
A sunset over Los Angeles in a heat advisory.

Image: iStock/johnemac72

Experiencing record-breaking heat days affects perception of weather trends

New research from Penn’s Annenberg Public Policy Center finds that for residents in areas with record-breaking heat, the perception that the weather is getting hotter increases.

From the Annenberg Public Policy Center

Neanderthals carried genes acquired from ancient interactions with ‘cousins’ of modern humans
Researchers collecting ethnographic and medical information from participants in Ethiopia.

Members of Tishkoff's research team collecting ethnograpgic information from participants in Ethiopia.

(Image: Courtesy of Sarah Tishkoff)

Neanderthals carried genes acquired from ancient interactions with ‘cousins’ of modern humans

A new collaborative study led by Sarah Tishkoff shows that Neanderthals inherited at least 6% of their genome from a now-extinct lineage of early modern humans.
Understanding the brain via a molecular map
Abstract polygonal brain with connected dots and lines. Artificial intelligence 3d illustration.

PIK Professor Michael Platt and collaborators have generated the first single-cell “atlas” of the primate brain to help explore links between molecules, cells, brain function, and disease.

(Image: iStock / Jezperklauzen)

Understanding the brain via a molecular map

PIK Professor Michael Platt and collaborators have generated the first single-cell “atlas” of the primate brain to help explore links between molecules, cells, brain function, and disease.
Delving into quantum dots
Seven vials filled with liquid water and quantum dot semiconductors.

Quantum dots are not just any nanoparticles. Often described as artificial atoms, these nanometer-sized semiconductor crystals possess unique attributes largely governed by their size, which chiefly dictates how they interact with light.

(Image: iStock / Tayfun Ruzgar)

Delving into quantum dots

Christopher B. Murray shares his excitement, thoughts, and knowledge on quantum dots, a nanoparticle that just earned his Ph.D. advisor the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
National Academy of Medicine elects five new members from Penn 
Top row, from left to right: Kurt Thomas Barnhart, Christopher B. Forrest, and Susan L. Furth. Bottom row, left to right: Desmond Upton Patton and Robert H. Vonderheide.

Top row, from left to right: Kurt Thomas Barnhart, Christopher B. Forrest, and Susan L. Furth. Bottom row, left to right: Desmond Upton Patton and Robert H. Vonderheide.

(Images: Courtesy of Penn Medicine; Desmond Patton image by Eric Sucar)

National Academy of Medicine elects five new members from Penn 

Kurt T. Barnhart, Christopher B. Forrest, Susan L. Furth, Desmond Upton Patton, and Robert H. Vonderheide are among 100 new Academy members elected this year, one of the highest honors in health and medicine.