http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/researchatpenn/Technology research highlights from Penn's graduate and professional schools.en-ushttp://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssMon, 05 Oct 2009 15:34:46 -0400minicola@pobox.upenn.edu (Steven Minicola)http://www.upenn.edu/researchatpenn/article.php?1675&tchSat, 15 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.upenn.edu/researchatpenn/article.php?1675&tchhttp://www.upenn.edu/researchatpenn/article.php?1674&tchTue, 22 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.upenn.edu/researchatpenn/article.php?1674&tchTo expand the boundaries of machine intelligence, Taskar is using television shows with large fan bases like CSI, Alias, and Lost to teach computers how to be smarter about what they see, hear and read.http://www.upenn.edu/researchatpenn/article.php?1673&tchThu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.upenn.edu/researchatpenn/article.php?1673&tchAn interdisciplinary team composed of investigators from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, the School of Arts and Sciences, and the School of Engineering and Applied Science, has revealed how protein unfolding allows fibrin to maintain its remarkable and contradictory characteristics.http://www.upenn.edu/researchatpenn/article.php?1672&tchWed, 05 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.upenn.edu/researchatpenn/article.php?1672&tchThe treatment, which lowers body temperature to prevent damage to the brain and other major organs when blood flow is restored to the body following cardiac arrest, is considered a "good value" when compared to many other accepted and widely utilized medical treatments.http://www.upenn.edu/researchatpenn/article.php?1647&tchThu, 09 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.upenn.edu/researchatpenn/article.php?1647&tchIn order to deliver real-world applications, the fundamentals that underpin tribology, or friction, have to be explored on the nano level.http://www.upenn.edu/researchatpenn/article.php?1643&tchMon, 22 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.upenn.edu/researchatpenn/article.php?1643&tchA Penn collaboration of bioengineers studying the physical forces generated by individual cells has created a tiny micron-sized device that allows researchers to measure and manipulate cellular forces as assemblies of living cells reorganize themselves into tissueshttp://www.upenn.edu/researchatpenn/article.php?1630&tchSat, 16 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.upenn.edu/researchatpenn/article.php?1630&tchKuchenbecker, the Skirkanich Assistant Professor of Innovation in the department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, received the award for her work, "Haptography: Capturing and Recreating the Rich Feel of Real Surfaces."http://www.upenn.edu/researchatpenn/article.php?1628&tchThu, 21 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.upenn.edu/researchatpenn/article.php?1628&tchFactCheck.org monitors the factual accuracy of what is said by major U.S. political players in TV ads, debates, speeches, interviews and news releases. This is the third year in a row that FactCheck.org has been honored.http://www.upenn.edu/researchatpenn/article.php?1627&tchWed, 10 Jun 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.upenn.edu/researchatpenn/article.php?1627&tchEngineers have demonstrated a simple assembly process for the creation of carbon nanostructures on graphene, a new method that may eventually lead to a new paradigm for building integrated carbon-based devices.http://www.upenn.edu/researchatpenn/article.php?1624&tchWed, 13 May 2009 00:00:00 -0400http://www.upenn.edu/researchatpenn/article.php?1624&tchYodh has pioneered the use of diffuse optics as a tool for medical diagnostics and will now lead the cross-disciplinary institute that bridges the research endeavors of three schools and 11 departments.