FireANTs Brings AI Speed and Geometric Precision to Medical Imaging News / June 9, 2026 Open-source algorithm combines AI optimization and geometry to speed medical image matching from days to minutes. Read More
Testing AI Against Public Health’s Existing Tools News / June 8, 2026 Penn-led study found that AI chatbots made vaccine-hesitant parents more likely to say they would vaccinate their children against HPV, but did not outperform materials from government health agencies, whose effects also lasted longer. Read More
Dancing Through Life: From Origami Robotics to Sculptural Art News / June 2, 2026 The first line of the song “Dancing Through Life” from the musical turned movie series “Wicked” claims that the trouble with schools is that they always try to teach the wrong lesson. If this lyric was viewed through the lens of academic research, one might argue that the “wrong lesson”... Read More
Qubits in the Classroom News / May 28, 2026 At Penn Engineering, quantum science is becoming less abstract and more hands-on, thanks to new equipment designed for student learning. Read More
Inside NSF AIRFoundry, Senator McCormick Gets a Look at the Future of RNA Discovery News / May 20, 2026 McCormick’s visit focused on how Penn Engineering researchers are combining automation, AI and RNA science to accelerate discovery and expand access to advanced biotechnology. Read More
Penn Engineers Create AI Tool to Speed Antibiotic Discovery News / May 13, 2026 By combining generative AI with Bayesian optimization, ApexGO suggests molecular edits that can turn weak antibiotic candidates into more potent ones. The work points toward a more systematic approach to antibiotic discovery, using AI to guide researchers toward molecules most worth testing. Read More
Solving Real-World Problems at Penn Engineering Senior Design News / May 11, 2026 At the 2026 Senior Design Project Competition, student teams presented projects tackling health, accessibility, climate control and more. Read More
How AI is Changing the Nature of Mathematical Research News / May 4, 2026 What machine learning theorists learned using AI agents to generate proofs — and what comes next. Read More
AI Method Tackles One of Science’s Hardest Math Problems News / May 1, 2026 Penn Engineers have developed a new way to use AI to solve inverse partial differential equations (PDEs), a particularly challenging class of mathematical problems with broad implications for understanding the natural world. The advance, which the researchers call “Mollifier Layers,” could benefit fields as varied as genetics and weather forecasting,... Read More
Using AI to Help Predict Cardiac Arrests News / April 30, 2026 A Penn Engineering and Penn Medicine team built CAMEL, an artificial intelligence model that forecasts dangerous cardiac rhythms before they strike. Their findings pave the way for a new era of real-time, predictive heart care. Read More
