As the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Ida approaches later this summer, researchers across Penn show that flooding was not a statistical anomaly but the result of compounding forces—climate change, urbanization, and infrastructure—that are reshaping flood risk. By building a street-level model of the Schuylkill River, the team has identified a critical tipping point at which floods become uncontained, offering new insight into how urban rivers behave under extreme conditions.

New standards have been proposed into the decades’ old prosthetic donations market, improving the quality of lower limb prosthetic feet by two-thirds.

Broken or disrupted circuits in the brain contribute to many neurological disorders. A new custom-built biological “wire” developed at Duke University School of Medicine points the way toward a new treatment approach — bypassing broken brain connections, rather than relying on long-term medication or external stimulation.

Leading SFU researchers, students and alumni looking to level up their emerging tech businesses can get support from a new $20-million fund from Simon Fraser University (SFU) and InBC Investment Corp. (InBC).

The SFU Innovates Venture Fund will focus on early-stage companies in sectors with significant economic potential, including life sciences, deep technology and cleantech.  

A sweat-monitoring wearable device developed by UC Irvine researchers enables real-time and continuous tracking of a variety of health conditions through sweat analysis. The sensor is designed to be worn continuously outside of laboratory or clinical settings and can detect molecules in perspiration that are signs of stress, cancer, kidney disease and mental health issues. The project was funded by the UC Irvine Samueli School of Engineering.