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Is an Alzheimer’s blood test right for me?
Philadelphia Inquirer

Is an Alzheimer’s blood test right for me?

Postdoc Claire Erickson and Emily Largent of the Perelman School of Medicine and the Leonard Davis Institute discuss which people should take an Alzheimer’s blood test.

The brain may interpret smells from each nostril differently
Live Science

The brain may interpret smells from each nostril differently

A study by postdoc Gulce Nazli Dikecligil in the Perelman School of Medicine suggests that the smells flowing through each nostril are processed as two separate signals in the part of the brain that receives smell inputs.

Making better decisions with AI
Kaustubh Sridhar

Kaustubh Sridhar, a doctoral student in Electrical and Systems Engineering in the Penn Research in Embedded Computing and Integrated Systems Engineering Center.

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Making better decisions with AI

Kaustubh Sridhar, a doctoral student in Electrical and Systems Engineering, aims to improve autonomous agents in the real world with more accurate decision-making programming.

From Penn Engineering Today

A twist on atomic sheets to create new materials
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A collaborative team of researchers led by Bo Zhen of the School of Arts & Sciences have created new materials by artificially twisting and stacking two-dimensional atomic “sheets.” New materials control light-matter interaction differently from constituent 2D atomic sheets, paving the way for next-generation laser, imaging, and quantum technologies.

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A twist on atomic sheets to create new materials

A collaborative team of physicists in the School of Arts & Sciences have found that putting a twist on tungsten disulfide stacks illuminates new approaches to manipulate light.
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.

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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.
The alchemy behind the diamond: Unearthing baseball’s beloved mud
Shravan Pradeep places a baseball on microscopy slide.

Postdoctoral researcher Shravan Pradeep of Penn Engineering is conducting experiments to understand the flow and grip properties of the Major League Baseball’s “magic mud” in order to reverse engineer the mud and offer a mechanistic understanding of its inner workings.

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The alchemy behind the diamond: Unearthing baseball’s beloved mud

Researchers at Penn are working on cracking the code behind Major League Baseball’s “Magic Mud.”
How humans use their sense of smell to find their way
Clara Raithel looks at brain scans on a computer in a lab.

Sixth-year Ph.D. student Clara Raithel looks at an anatomical brain scan taken from a previous study participant.

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How humans use their sense of smell to find their way

In the lab of neuroscientist Jay Gottfried, sixth-year psychology Ph.D. student Clara Raithel tries to understand how people’s brains respond to odors.

Michele W. Berger

The Asian American studies program doubles in size
Andrea Cherng speaks to a roomful of students in the McNeil Atrium

Andrea Cherng addresses students at the ASAM welcome lunch in September, joined by David Eng (left) and Fariha Khan (right). 

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The Asian American studies program doubles in size

Three core and two affiliated faculty members with expertise in English, sociology, history, anthropology, and education join the Asian American studies program.

Kristina García

New office supports the Penn postdoc experience
postdocs sitting at tables, raising hands

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New office supports the Penn postdoc experience

The Office of Postdoctoral Affairs was established this past spring as a boost to the general postdoc community, providing centralized resources, information, and events.

Lauren Hertzler