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Sound research as a lens to understanding the world
Illustration of a person wearing headphones with swirling whales and birds surrounding them.

Image: Maggie Chiang for OMNIA

Sound research as a lens to understanding the world

Researchers across Penn’s School of Arts & Sciences are turning to sound for new answers to questions on subjects from birdsong to the benefits of music exposure.

Laura Dattaro

How a bacterium supports healing of chronic diabetic wounds
A researcher holding up a petri dish with bacteria in it.

Image: iStock/Manjurul

How a bacterium supports healing of chronic diabetic wounds

New research from Penn Medicine shows that a certain bug could be used to develop topical or bacterial-based treatments for patients with wounds that do not heal well on their own.

From Penn Medicine News

Studying the benefits of virtual art engagement
"Pennsylvania Landscape" painting by Charles Sheeler.

Charles Sheeler’s Pennsylvania Landscape (1925) was among the artworks from the Philadelphia Museum of Art that Katherine Cotter and James Pawelski included in virtual galleries for a study.

(Image: Courtesy of the Philadelphia Museum of Art)

Studying the benefits of virtual art engagement

James Pawelski and Katherine Cotter talk to Penn Today about their research into digital art galleries.
Shedding light on cellular metabolism to fight disease
Yihui Shen.

Yihui Shen is the J. Peter and Geri Skirkanich Assistant Professor of Innovation in Bioengineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn Engineering Today)

Shedding light on cellular metabolism to fight disease

In Yihui Shen’s lab, the assistant professor of innovation in bioengineering, aims to advance the understanding of metabolism and open doors to new cancer treatments and therapies.

From Penn Engineering Today

Does heat travel differently in tight spaces?
Green-tinted image showing thermal plumes in a Hele-Shaw cell, illustrating heat transfer in confined spaces.

Hugo Ulloa and Daisuke Noto of the School of Arts & Sciences have unearthed findings that address long-standing mysteries in the mechanics of fluids in confined, tight spaces: how their boundaries affect heat as it emanates from one place and dissipates throughout the space. The image above is a lab-scale hydrothermal system modeled utilizing a Hele-Shaw cell of 10 cm tall, 20 cm long and 4 mm gap. The interior of the Hele-Shaw cell is filled with degassed, deionized water heated from the bottom and cooled from above. A green laser sheet crosses the middle plane of the cell to visualize the motions of micro-scale particles seeded on the water, allowing researchers to estimate the fluid velocity and temperature.

 

 

(Image: Courtesy of Daisuke Noto)

Does heat travel differently in tight spaces?

New research led by Penn scientists offers insights into fundamental problems in fluid mechanics, findings that pave the way for more efficient heat transfer in myriad systems.