Dr. Maureen Murphy says her first professional goal was to become a nun. She grew up going to Catholic school in Sussex County, New Jersey, but decided “there was something...
The scientist in her lab may seem a world apart from the artist in his studio, yet the two disciplines are inextricably bound. The Science Center began exploring the nexus...
Vidur Bhatnagar, the founder and CEO of Philadelphia-based Keriton, was a master’s-level robotics student at Penn when nurses presented their problem at PennApps Hackathon, looking for a more sophisticated way...
Karina Sotnik emigrated to the United States from Latvia in 1988. She spent over a decade in Silicon Valley, forming international partnerships for American companies and going through IPOs twice,...
A pregnant mother diagnosed with HIV needed her liver function tested, but without results, doctors were unable to adjust her medication before she left the clinic. Although they discovered that...
Since 1977, the University City Science Center’s Esther Klein Gallery has explored the nexus of art, science and technology. Its current exhibition, [RE]Imagining Science, showcases collaborations between artists and scientists...
In the late 1970s, the first, over-the-counter, home pregnancy tests were introduced into the American market. Now, nearly 40 years later, Lia Diagnostics is about to launch a new generation...
Two Philly-based startups are developing innovative ways to print live cells and booking rides to the hospital. Allevi (formerly known as BioBots) focuses on biomedical technology. The company was started by 28-year-old Ricky...
Orthopedic bone graft surgery involves the use of rods, plates, pins, putty, wires, screws and external fixation devices. For patients, these procedures — of which over 600,000 are done annually...
As 3675 Market Street rises in West Philadelphia, new details are emerging about how the new building will, as outgoing University City Science Center President Stephen Tang puts it, “catalyze...