The Vision Thing
As the National Science Foundation's new director of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, Dr. Ruzena Bacsjy—a Penn computer-science professor noted for her work on robotic perception—must get Congress to see its way to creating greater support for basic research in information technology.
Staving Off STDs and … Cavities?
Common ingredient yields major advance.
Resetting the Circadian Clock
The 24-hour circadian clock embedded in our genes is fundamental to life on this planet, says leading sleep researcher Dr. David Dinges—who has spent the past two decades trying to understand how it works and come up with ways to beat it.
Homage to DuBois: Revisiting the Problem of the Color Line
Honoring and updating W.E.B. DuBois.
Stalking the Wild Neutrino
Hunting neutrinos in Antarctica
Same Hours, Less Time
1 family + 2 careers = 2 much to do?
Radioactive Cocaine Analogue Sheds Light on Brain
Diagnostic drug may provide clue to Parkinson's cure.
Sexual Abuse of Boys Underreported
Research from Penn's School of Medicine.
Sleuthing a Silent Virus
Dr. Miriam Alter, Nu'71
Better Than Rose-Colored Glasses?
Dr. Fredric Schiffer, C'67
Genetic Mutation Linked to Prostate Cancer
Mutation found in prostate-cancer gene
Employers Go to Schools to Keep Young
Benefit to employers who work with schools.
Alone Together
Can couples stay together while living apart?
No Parasol? Slather on the PARSOL
Safer sunblocks on the way
Illuminating the Universe
All about everything. Empire of Light. Football fever in 1960s Dallas. Cotton Bowl Days.
Fins and Fingers in One Fishy Fossil
Fossil sheds light on move from water to land.
Possibility of Cure Brings Hope to Alumna
Alexia Antczak Bouckoms
Science Meets Society
Technophobia runs rampant, but what may be scarier is a system in which scientific truth is determined in the media and the courts, says Dr. Kenneth Foster.
A Big Gift to Cure Cancer
$100 million for cancer research.
Fighting Cancer on Two Fronts
A pair of researchers advances in the war on cancer.
Janzen Takes 1997 Kyoto Prize, Gives to Nature
Biology professor wins Kyoto prize
Stanley Prusiner
Perseverance Pays Off for Nobel Recipient.
Untangling the Mystery of Alzheimer’s Disease
Advances in Alzheimer's research at Penn.
Where Human Life Happens
Genetic testing and other technologies that offer a "window on the womb" are allowing parents to know more about their prospective offspring than ever before. Is that good?