![Internal view of lungs with a cancerous growth.](https://penntoday.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/styles/hero/public/2024-06/lung-cancer-teaser.jpg?h=c1e51c98&itok=3iYBDBL-)
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
![Internal view of lungs with a cancerous growth.](https://penntoday.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/styles/hero/public/2024-06/lung-cancer-teaser.jpg?h=c1e51c98&itok=3iYBDBL-)
![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
![Car T cell therapy.](/themes/custom/penn_global/assets/img/transparent.png)
New ‘armored’ CAR therapy produces significant responses in cancer patients
![Hepatocellular carcinoma (hepatoma) malignant cells.](/themes/custom/penn_global/assets/img/transparent.png)
Could the liver hold the key to better cancer treatments?
![carl june in cancer research lab](/themes/custom/penn_global/assets/img/transparent.png)
Honoring a life scientist’s lifesaving science
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)
Penn Engineering’s Michael Posa on robots in the real world
Focus On: Artificial Intelligence
Focus On: Neuroscience
![Lorraine Ruppert wears virtual reality headset.](/themes/custom/penn_global/assets/img/transparent.png)
Making virtual worlds
![Photograph of researcher, China Byrns, in front of monitor showing microscopy images of fly brain](/themes/custom/penn_global/assets/img/transparent.png)
Fruitful insights on the brain
![Results of a brain scan.](/themes/custom/penn_global/assets/img/transparent.png)
Different brain structures in females lead to more severe cognitive deficits after concussion than males
![Microscopic view of brain cells.](/themes/custom/penn_global/assets/img/transparent.png)