Penn Vet, Montreal and McGill Researchers Show How Blood-Brain Barrier Is Maintained Penn Vet, Montreal and McGill Researchers Show How Blood-Brain Barrier Is Maintained The brain is a privileged organ in the body. So vital to life, the brain is protected from alterations elsewhere in the body by a highly regulated gateway known as the blood-brain barrier, which allows only selected molecules to pass through.
A Day for the Next Generation of Roboticists A Day for the Next Generation of Roboticists At the fifth annual Philly Robotics Expo (PRX) on April 20, several hundred local grade-, middle-, and high-school students poured into the Singh Center for Nanotechnology with their machines in tow.
Penn Study Describes First Steps in Basic Biological Process Penn Study Describes First Steps in Basic Biological Process Understanding the molecular signals that guide early cells in the embryo to develop into different types of organs provides insight into how tissues regenerate and repair themselves.
Mentally Stepping Back From Problems Helps Youth Deal With Negative Emotions, Penn Study Says Mentally Stepping Back From Problems Helps Youth Deal With Negative Emotions, Penn Study Says Adolescence is a time of frequent and intense emotional experiences, but some youth handle their emotions better than others. Why do some young people react adaptively while others ruminate?
Penn Senior Adrian Lievano to Tackle Water Security in Kenya Penn Senior Adrian Lievano to Tackle Water Security in Kenya By Madeleine Stone @themadstone (This is the second in a series of features introducing the inaugural Penn President’s Engagement Prize winners.)
Limber Lungs: One Type of Airway Cell Can Regenerate Another Lung Cell Type Limber Lungs: One Type of Airway Cell Can Regenerate Another Lung Cell Type A new collaborative study describes a way that lung tissue can regenerate after injury. The team found that lung tissue has more dexterity in repairing tissue than once thought.
Penn Researchers Help Make Maps of the Universe’s Dark Matter Penn Researchers Help Make Maps of the Universe’s Dark Matter Members of the Dark Energy Survey have released the first in a series of maps that show the concentration of dark matter in the cosmos.
Penn Dental Medicine Launches First Open Online Course Penn Dental Medicine Launches First Open Online Course By Sarah Welsh
Penn Science Café Presents ‘An Introduction to Kirigami: Cutting, Folding and Building With Triangles’ Penn Science Café Presents ‘An Introduction to Kirigami: Cutting, Folding and Building With Triangles’ WHO: Randall Kamien Shu Yang XingTing Gong Daniel Sussman
On the Road, Penn Senior Examines Environmental-Economic Conflict On the Road, Penn Senior Examines Environmental-Economic Conflict By Julie McWilliams Aspiring journalist Brennan Cusack set off on a solo cross-country trek last summer to get an insider’s look and to research four instances where environmental and economic interests were at odds.