Research

A study by Emily Conant of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues finds better cancer detection with advanced 3D imaging than traditional two-dimensional mammograms.

A January survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center suggests that more than half of people have returned to pre-pandemic life.

A study by Penn researchers working in physics, neuroscience, and bioengineering found that people instinctively seek patterns and similarities in the data they absorb.

Research by Marissa King of the Wharton School found that during the pandemic people’s social networks decreased by an average of 16 percent, with most of the losses occurring among men.

Scott Hensley of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues are developing a bird flu vaccine candidate that could be used in humans if the virus started circulating among people.

A 2022 study by Daniel Garrett of the Wharton School found that Texas taxpayers paid an additional $300 to $530 million in interest in the first eight months after Texas passed anti-ESG laws.

A study by Christoph Thaiss of the Perelman School of Medicine and colleagues found that gut microbiomes encouraged animals to exercise.

A study co-authored by Matthew Killingsworth of the Wharton School, PIK Professor Barbara Mellers, and a team from Princeton found that happiness improves with higher earnings, up to $500,000 a year, except for those who were “rich and miserable” for other reasons.

A team at Penn Medicine found MRI results consistent with a major brain injury in patients suffering from Havana syndrome.