Paul Rozin of the School of Arts and Sciences comments on a study about how product color impacts the amount of snacks a person eats.
Natural Science
PHILADELPHIA — Targeted drug delivery is one of the more enticing applications of nanotechnology; by designing pharmaceuticals on an atomic scale, engineers hope to get them attacking...
Evan Lerner — May 17, 2012 — News Releases
PHILADELPHIA — Two studies led by scientists from the University of Pennsylvania and National Geographic’s...
Katherine Unger Baillie — May 17, 2012 — News Releases
Gray skies and a light sprinkle couldn’t dampen the enthusiasm as 5,858 graduates made their way to Franklin Field for...
May 14, 2012 — Spotlight
PHILADELPHIA — Tracy L. Bale of the University of...
Katherine Unger Baillie — May 11, 2012 — News Releases
PHILADELPHIA — When the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded April 20, 2010, residents feared that their Gulf of Mexico shores would be inundated with oil. And while many wetland habitats and...
Katherine Unger Baillie — May 10, 2012 — News Releases
Most people take gravity for granted. But for University of Pennsylvania astrophysicist ...
Evan Lerner — May 10, 2012 — News Releases
PHILADELPHIA — A $25 million gift to the University of Pennsylvania from alumni Mindy and Jon Gray will establish a center focused on the treatment and...
Katherine Unger Baillie — May 8, 2012 — News Releases
KENNETT SQUARE — It’s a quaint image: a rural vet in a pick-up truck driving down a country lane to treat a sick cow or horse.
Charming though this depiction may be, it belies the...
Katherine Unger Baillie — May 8, 2012 — News Releases
PHILADELPHIA -- Steve Fluharty, the University of Pennsylvania’s...
Evan Lerner — May 7, 2012 — News Releases
PHILADELPHIA — Nancy Bonini, Gideon Dreyfuss and...
Katherine Unger Baillie — May 1, 2012 — News Releases
Sarah Tishkoff of the School of Arts and Sciences and the Perelman School of Medicine is featured for her genetic analysis of Pygmies.
April 30, 2012 — Penn in the News
PHILADELPHIA — If Pygmies are known for one trait, it is their short stature: Pygmy men stand just 4’11” on average. But the reason why these groups are so short and neighboring groups are...
Katherine Unger Baillie — April 26, 2012 — News Releases
PHILADELPHIA -- Protein design is technique that is increasingly valuable to a variety of fields, from biochemistry to therapeutics to materials engineering. University of Pennsylvania chemists...
Evan Lerner — April 24, 2012 — News Releases
Frederick Kaplan of the Perelman School of Medicine is cited for being among the speakers at the second Philadelphia Science Festival.
April 20, 2012 — Penn in the News
