![Microscopic view of T cells.](https://penntoday.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/styles/hero/public/2024-07/cd5-knockout-teaser.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=kDiiXBYg)
Research News
![The exterior of Amy Gutmann Hall](/sites/default/files/2024-04/AmyGutmannHall.jpeg)
Penn Engineering launches first Ivy League undergraduate degree in artificial intelligence
The new degree will push the limits on AI’s potential and prepare students to lead the use of this world-changing technology.
Focus On: Cancer Research
![Microscopic view of T cells.](https://penntoday.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/styles/hero/public/2024-07/cd5-knockout-teaser.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=kDiiXBYg)
![3D illustration showing cross-section of the lipid nanoparticle carrying mRNA of the virus entering a human cell.](/themes/custom/penn_global/assets/img/transparent.png)
Penn pioneers a ‘one-pot platform’ to promptly produce mRNA delivery particles
![Two nurses guiding a prone patient into a proton imaging machine.](/themes/custom/penn_global/assets/img/transparent.png)
The power of protons
![Internal view of lungs with a cancerous growth.](/themes/custom/penn_global/assets/img/transparent.png)
Slowing inflammation may boost immunotherapy’s effectiveness against advanced lung cancer
![Microscopic image of seminoma tissue. The image shows green-stained cells representing early-stage germ cells, red-stained areas indicating high gene activity linked to cancer growth, and gray-stained nuclei of various cells](/themes/custom/penn_global/assets/img/transparent.png)
Kotaro Sasaki and his team unveil the genetics of testicular cancer
Focus On: Innovation
Focus On: Nanotechnology
![Exterior of Singh Center for Nanotechnology lit up at nighS](/themes/custom/penn_global/assets/img/transparent.png)
The Singh Center for Nanotechnology turns 10
![Microscopic rendering of mRNA gene editing.](/themes/custom/penn_global/assets/img/transparent.png)
‘In vivo’ RNA-based gene editing model for blood disorders developed
![Closeup of a microscope in a lab.](/themes/custom/penn_global/assets/img/transparent.png)
RNA lipid nanoparticle engineering stops liver fibrosis in its tracks
![10 stages of a microrobot’s movements.](/themes/custom/penn_global/assets/img/transparent.png)
Tiny swimming robots can restructure materials on a microscopic level
Focus On: Robotics
![Close-up of NASA's LASSIE robot, logo in frame.](/themes/custom/penn_global/assets/img/transparent.png)
Teaching doglike robots to walk on the moon’s dusty, icy surface
![Medical concept in the field of nanotechnology, a nanobot studies or kills a virus. 3D rendering.](/themes/custom/penn_global/assets/img/transparent.png)
Microrobots: An emerging biomedical trend
![A centimeter-scale quadruped robot sitting on a desk next to a a quarter for scale](/themes/custom/penn_global/assets/img/transparent.png)
A centimeter-scale quadruped leverages curved-crease origami
![Illustration of Michael Posa.](/themes/custom/penn_global/assets/img/transparent.png)