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Entrepreneurship in the ‘new space era’
The Blue Origin rocket on liftoff

The Blue Origin launch of its New Glenn rocket in 2025 in Cape Canaveral, FL.

(Image: Michael Cain Jr/Sipa USA via AP Images)

Entrepreneurship in the ‘new space era’

A course that management expert Rahul Kapoor developed a few years ago—Technology, Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the New Space Era—holds lessons for making sense of today’s commercial space boom.

2 min. read

Reto Gieré on energy systems, waste, and sustainability
Reto Gieré holding a map.

“Many people still think of waste as something disposable, rather than as a resource that still contains value,” says Reto Gieré, earth and environmental science professor in the School of Arts & Sciences.

(Image: Courtesy of Penn Climate)

Reto Gieré on energy systems, waste, and sustainability

The earth and environmental science professor invites his students to view sustainability as integral to industry and to reconsider waste as a potential resource for reuse.

From Penn Climate

2 min. read

New therapeutic target expands options for multiple myeloma
microscopic view of Multiple myeloma.

Image: Md Ariful Islam via Getty Images

New therapeutic target expands options for multiple myeloma

In a phase I clinical trial from Penn Medicine, activating T cells with the antibody cevostamab targets a protein found on the surface of plasma cells, supporting further clinical research as a myeloma treatment.

From Penn Medicine News

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On the move: Water quality and antimicrobial resistance testing goes mobile
Arnav Lal collects water at Playa Baquerizo on San Cristóbal Island as a sea lion watches.

Arnav Lal collects water at Playa Baquerizo on San Cristóbal Island as a sea lion watches.

(Image: Lisa Mattei)

On the move: Water quality and antimicrobial resistance testing goes mobile

Penn researchers have developed a mobile field laboratory allowing them to test water quality and track antimicrobial resistance in and around San Cristóbal in the Galápagos.

4 min. read

The power of funded discovery
A nurse looking at charts and data on a wall.

Image: Courtesy of Penn Nursing

The power of funded discovery

Federal dollars are driving new tools and discoveries at Penn Nursing, highlighting just how much innovation is at stake when national support shifts.

From Penn Nursing News

2 min. read

How sea stars build materials that can see
Li holds the skeletons of two differently sized sea stars, both showing the calcium carbonate skeleton.

Image: Courtesy of Penn Engineering

How sea stars build materials that can see

Researchers have discovered that the skeleton of the sea star Protoreaster nodosus contains specialized mineral structures capable of guiding and concentrating light, suggesting natural mechanical support and optical sensing in a singular system.

Melissa Pappas

2 min. read

When do teams outperform individuals?

When do teams outperform individuals?

New research from Wharton’s Computational Social Science Lab suggests decades of conflicting evidence can be explained by one overlooked factor: the task itself.