Science & Technology

Wormhole-like dynamics

Theoretical physicists Vijay Balasubramanian and Jonathan Heckman of the School of Arts & Sciences speak with Penn Today to explain the implications of new research claiming to have observed wormhole-like teleportation on a quantum computer.

Nathi Magubane , Nathi Magubane

What secrets might 2-million-year-old DNA hold?

Scientists from Denmark recently extracted and sequenced the oldest-ever DNA, from permafrost in Greenland, revealing a robust ecosystem of 135 species. Penn Today spoke with four faculty members about the potential power of ancient DNA.

Katherine Unger Baillie

Turning carbon emissions into rocks

In Penn’s Clean Energy Conversions Lab, researcher Peter Psarras and colleagues are repurposing waste from industrial mines, storing carbon pulled from the atmosphere into newly formed rock.

Michele W. Berger

A target for improving recovery from lung injury

After a bout of severe respiratory disease, some patients never fully recover. New research from the School of Veterinary Medicine identifies a factor responsible for inappropriate tissue regrowth after infection, pointing to a possible therapeutic target.

Katherine Unger Baillie



In the News


France 24

Climate scientists flee Twitter as hostility surges following Musk’s takeover

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences believes that the rise in climate misinformation from trolls and bots is organized and orchestrated by opponents of climate reform.

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Salon.com

This controversial sci-fi blockbuster about climate change still polarizes scientists today

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that the film “The Day After Tomorrow” trivializes concerns about the climate crisis because it represents a caricature of the science.

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The New York Times

The optimist’s guide to artificial intelligence and work

A study from researchers at Penn and OpenAI concluded that at least 10 percent of tasks could be automated using AI tools for about 80 percent of jobs.

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Business Insider

Study: Heat-temperature marine bacteria help detoxify asbestos

Ileana Perez-Rodriguez of the School of Arts & Sciences says that iron has been identified as a major component driving the toxicity of asbestos minerals.

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Fox News

What does Congress need to do amid AI boom?

At a congressional hearing, Chris Callison-Burch of the School of Engineering and Applied Science testified on the capabilities and transformative impact of generative AI technology.

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WCTI-TV

NewsChannel 12 investigates: Artificial intelligence part three

Chris Callison-Burch of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and his students are proving that AI is still catching up to how human brains work.

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CNBC

House holds hearing to examine the intersection of generative AI and copyright law

At a congressional hearing, Chris Callison-Burch of the School of Engineering and Applied Science testified on the capabilities and transformative impact of generative AI technology.

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Associated Press

The likelihood that Earth briefly hits key warming threshold grows bigger and closer, UN forecasts

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that reports on climate thresholds put too much emphasis on global surface temperature, which varies with the El Niño cycle, even though it is climbing upward in the long term.

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Bloomberg

Why natural disasters seem worse than our direst predictions

Michael Mann of the School of Arts & Sciences says that some climate change impacts are playing out faster and with a greater magnitude than predicted.

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The Wall Street Journal

How AI will change the workplace

Peter Cappelli, Sonny Tambe, and Kartik Hosanagar of the Wharton School discuss how the worlds of work and artificial intelligence will intersect in the future.

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