A series on wellness and well-being (On homepage) Additional resources for students, staff, faculty, and postdocs are offered through offices and centers across Penn and the Health System.nocred A series on wellness and well-being A roundup of the six-part series from Penn Today that focuses on University resources available to students, faculty, staff, and postdocs for their mental, physical, technical, and financial health.
Penn IUR, the United Nations Environment Programme unveil new framework to address gap in urban nature finance (Image: Courtesy of UN Environment Programme) Penn IUR, the United Nations Environment Programme unveil new framework to address gap in urban nature finance The Penn Institute for Urban Research has released a report for the United Nations Environment Programme Cities Unit’s State of Finance for Nature in Cities, From Grey to Green: Better data to finance nature in cities, during COP16 Colombia.
Finding a new behavioral adaptation in fruit flies From left to right, Dawn Chen, Yun Ding, and Minhao Li.Eric Sucar Finding a new behavioral adaptation in fruit flies Penn researchers discovered “wing spreading” in Drosophila santomea, research that hints at a rare, novel finding and offers insights into an underrepresented area in sexual reproduction research: female-initiated behaviors.
Penn solutions to climate change At a Climate Week event, Penn’s Climate Solutions Showcase, a group of faculty and researchers from the School of Engineering and Applied Science and Weitzman School of Design presented innovative strategies to combat the causes and effects of climate change.(Image: Felice Macera) Penn solutions to climate change As society grapples with the impacts of a worsening climate—from the increased frequency and intensity of extreme weather events to rising sea levels and deadly heat waves—the need for actionable solutions has never been greater, Penn researchers say.
An integral T cell pathway helps regulate female gene expression Image: iStock/Alllex An integral T cell pathway helps regulate female gene expression Penn Vet researchers have revealed a connection between NF-κB signaling pathways and X chromosome inactivation, which has implications for understanding sex-based immune responses during infection.
How synthetic nicotine brands market e-cigarettes to young people on social media Image: iStock/Benjamin Robinson How synthetic nicotine brands market e-cigarettes to young people on social media A study finds that most ads for e-cigarettes on Instagram, a platform dominated by users under the age of 25, do not adhere to FDA health warning requirements.
A method of ‘look twice, forgive once’ can sustain social cooperation Image: iStock/Orbon Alija A method of ‘look twice, forgive once’ can sustain social cooperation Using mathematical modeling, researchers from Penn and Princeton found a way to maintain cooperation without relying on complex norms or institutions.
Liquid crystals in motion mimic biological systems Under the right conditions, liquid crystals form structures reminiscent of biological systems, shown in actual (left) and false color (right), with the filaments in light blue and the flattened discs in yellow.(Image: Christopher Browne) Liquid crystals in motion mimic biological systems Researchers in the lab of Chinedum Osuji have discovered that under the right conditions, liquid crystals form structures reminiscent of biological systems that can transport material from one place to another, much like complex biological systems.
Novel coupled nanopore platform offers greater precision for detecting molecules Marija Drndić of the School of Arts & Sciences and Dimitri Monos of the Perelman School of Medicine and Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia led a team of researchers who developed a new nanostructure platform that allows for more precise detection and control of biomolecules, such as DNA and proteins. This exciting new platform signals a new era of synthetic biology, paving the way for enhanced DNA sequencing and protein conformation detection.(Image: Courtesy of artist) Novel coupled nanopore platform offers greater precision for detecting molecules An interdisciplinary team of researchers from Penn have created the first ever reusable coupled nanopore platform for detecting and guiding molecules, findings could pave the way for much improved DNA sequencing and molecule identification.
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will investigate the history of galaxies Robyn Sanderson and Adrien Thob of the School of Arts & Sciences are part of a team of astronomers using NASA’s upcoming Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope to uncover the “fossil record” of the universe as they look to clues to unearth key insights into its formation.(Image: Courtesy of NASA, Ralf Crawford (STScI)) NASA’s Roman Space Telescope will investigate the history of galaxies Robyn Sanderson and collaborators are unearthing the history of the universe’s formation by looking for clues that reveal its “galactic fossil record.”