Research

Penn Libraries staff are using the platform eScriptorium to build machine-learning models that can transcribe handwritten manuscripts from across the world.

Two new Penn Medicine studies show that microtubules help determine how the heart changes shape under stress, and a common signaling pathway acts as a key controller of where the building materials for these cells’ growth are delivered inside them; the findings point to possible new ways to address causes of heart failure.

While social and economic factors are often viewed as primary drivers of health, a new Penn Nursing analysis suggests that the relationship between societal position and physical well-being is more complex than previously understood.

Penn Carey Law professor Shaun Ossei-Owusu’s new book, “Law on Trial,” examines how legal institutions and practices shape—and at times reinforce—social inequality.

Penn researchers identified two competing visions of nonprofit news, a restorationist vision and a transformational vision, and calculated the cost of implementing each vision.

The new book “Side Effects: The Social Ecology of Adverse Drug Reactions,” by sociologist Jason Schnittker and former Ph.D. student Duy Do, makes the case that side effects are a product of social, cultural, and institutional forces.

A new study from Wharton’s Generative AI Labs suggests prompting chatbots to act like a subject matter expert can actually hurt accuracy.

Research from climate scientist Michael Mann, Presidential Distinguished Professor of Earth & Environmental Science, and colleagues vindicates climate models and reframes the record heat of 2024.

AI pricing tools are widely feared to fuel price fixing, but new research from Wharton marketing professor Ron Berman shows they can cut costs and lower prices in many cases.

A new study from Wharton’s Tiantian Yang on gender homophily in remote settings finds that women who attended virtual career training did better when their classes did not include men.