Quantum networks could one day connect quantum computers into more powerful systems and enable new forms of secure communication. But a fundamental obstacle stands in the way: Quantum information is ...

For decades, event cameras, which emulate the biological retina by continuously monitoring changes in light intensity, have promised to revolutionize how robots perceive the world by allowing them to ...

When linguist Mark Liberman was working at Bell Labs in the 1980s, he commiserated with researchers at other companies about how difficult it was to acquire and digitize language data, such as the ...

Retatrutide, a next-generation GLP-1 weight-loss drug, is not yet approved for use. Nevertheless, online forums reveal that people are purchasing unapproved versions of the drug, which are not ...

News media shapes how people understand the world around them. The stories we encounter can influence what we believe is important, how we understand political and social issues, which people and ...

Penn Engineering is pleased to announce the appointment of retired Air Force General Timothy D. Haugh as Senior Fellow in the Schlein Center for Cybersecurity and Adjunct Professor in the Department ...

Gene editing has promised a way to treat some diseases, including inherited genetic disorders, blood conditions and cancer, at their genetic roots. But even as tools such as CRISPR, which allows ...

For decades, heat has been the workhorse of materials manufacturing, providing the energy needed to drive the chemical reactions that create everything from semiconductors to advanced electronic ...

In the laboratory, researchers work with mouse models to study strokes, but existing techniques don’t allow them to continuously observe those first critical moments using advanced imaging ...

The idea of sending tiny spacecraft to another star system, not with rocket engines, but by riding a beam of light, may once have been science fiction, but new research published in Nature ...

When Penn Electric Racing‘s REV11 car completed the endurance event at this year’s Formula SAE Electric competition, many team members were in tears. “The finish marked more than the end of a race,” ...

For a parent concerned about their child’s development, waiting months or longer for an autism evaluation can feel like an eternity. Early diagnosis opens the door to interventions that can improve ...