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Penn Students Spend A Summer With Owl Monkeys — and Learn More Than Primatology
Lili McKinley sets up her tent at the field site in Argentina.
Andrea Spence-Aizenberg uses telemetry equipment to find radio collared owl monkeys.
Eduardo Fernandez-Duque
Penn Researchers Find New Way to Prevent Cracking in Nanoparticle Films
PHILADELPHIA — Making uniform coatings is a common engineering challenge, and, when working at the nanoscale, even the tiniest cracks or defects can be a big problem. New research from University of Pennsylvania engineers has shown a new way of avoiding such cracks when depositing thin films of nanoparticles.
Nanoparticle films crack at certain thicknesses (left). By adding layers of thinner films, cracking can be avoided (right).
Daeyeon Lee
Penn Researchers Find New Way to Mimic the Color and Texture of Butterfly Wings
PHILADELPHIA — The colors of a butterfly’s wings are unusually bright and beautiful and are the result of an unusual trait; the way they reflect light is fundamentally different from how color works most of the time.
A team of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania has found a way to generate this kind of “structural color” that has the added benefit of another trait of butterfly wings: super-hydrophobicity, or the ability to strongly repel water.
Yang's group has a new way of combining the structural color and superhydrophobicity found in butterfly wings (Credit: AFM)
A drop of water sits on a material with structural color and superhydrophobicity. (Credit: AFM)
Shu Yang
Audio: Hair and Who We Are
October 8, 2012
Albert Mannes of the Wharton School and George Cotarelis of the Perelman School of Medicine discuss the perception of baldness and the science behind hair loss.
Article Source: “Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane,” WHYY Radio (Philadelphia)
Audio: What Your Genes Can Tell You About Your Memory
October 5, 2012
Ted Abel of the School of Arts and Science joins a discussion about a study that identifies key molecules involved in forming long-term memories.
Article Source: Science Friday
Philly Men on the Fast Track to Success
October 8, 2012
Ben Horton of the School of Arts and Sciences (pictured in the third photo in the slide show) is featured his research on sea-level changes.
Article Source: Philadelphia Style
Penn Hosts First Ivy Plus STEM Symposium
This weekend, Penn hosted the first Ivy Plus Symposium and workshops for diverse scholars, a national conference designed to encourage exceptional undergraduate students to pursue advanced training in the sciences, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, fields.
Undergraduate students at the Graduate Fair during the 2012 Ivy Plus STEM Symposium.
Getting to know admissions representatives during the event.
Interested applicants learn more about potential graduate schools.
Graduate students participate in a panel discussion at the Ivy Plus STEM symposium.
Survival of the Nicest: Friendly Baboons Live Longest
October 2, 2012
Robert Seyfarth is cited and Dorothy Cheney of the School of Arts and Sciences is quoted about their research involving baboon personalities.
Article Source: ScienceNow
Penn Vet Added to United Way's List of Approved Charities
PHILADELPHIA — The University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine has been added to the list of United Way charities to which individuals in the Philadelphia area may donate as part of a workplace campaign.
Participants in the United Way workplace campaign can now support Penn Vet with their donations.
The Art of Science Blogging
September 27, 2012
Mark Trodden of the School of Arts and Sciences is interviewed about the advantages of scientists’ blogging.
Article Source: Physicsworld.com
