Science & Technology

Deirdre Murphy, a “toolmaker” for the Ecotopian Toolkit project as part of the Penn Program in Environmental Humanities, examines the banks of the Schuylkill River.

As part of a session led by Dot Porter, curator of digital research services (not pictured), conference participants visited the Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text & Image, a digitization lab located in Van Pelt-Dietrich Library. Digital imaging specialist Chris Lippa (left) explained the process of digitizing materials like the book in his hand.

Bridging the gap between researchers and practitioners, the Water Center aims to serve as a regional hub of water expertise.

The researchers’ new structure self-assembles into hairpin shapes, resulting in acid-lined channels that allow for efficient transport of protons across the electrolyte.

Penn Integrates Knowledge professor George Demiris takes a two-pronged approach to research: One examines the family caregivers of hospice patients, their stress and anxiety levels, and their input into the decision-making process. The second relates to technology and aging, specifically smart homes and how passive-monitoring systems—sensors that track motion, for instance—can figure into someone’s life.

Atomically thin nanosheets stand up to store more energy. Image credit: Ella Maru Studio

A Penn-led team identified Dll1, a signaling molecule as a marker of mammary gland stem cells, and one that plays a vital role in normal development of the mammary tissue. Above, a cross-section of a mouse mammary gland. (Image: Sushil Kumar and Rumela Chakrabarti)