University of Rochester : Science and Technology Releases

University of Rochester Biologist Wins Rare Darwin-Wallace Medal

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Biological Science Award Presented Only Once Every 50 Years

The Council of the Linnean Society of London, the world\'s oldest active biological society, will award Professor H. Allen Orr the Darwin-Wallace Medal on February 12, 2009, the 200th birthday of Charles Rob

Home-Based Monitoring Inventions Win Forbes Entrepreneurial Award

Tue, 27 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Two health-monitoring inventions and an identity confirmation system designed by senior engineering students at the University of Rochester have won the University's Charles and Janet Forbes Entrepreneurial Awards this year. The award comes with a prize of $3,600 for the first-place winner, and $

Rochester's Omega Laser, One of the World's Most Powerful, Receives 50-Fold Power Increase to Become 'Petawatt' Laser

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Enhancement to Fusion Laser Announced Today at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics

The University of Rochester will mark another important step in the effort toward attaining sustainable fusion, the ultimate source of clean energy, Friday, May 16. University Pr

University of Rochester Students Earn National Science Awards

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Three University of Rochester students studying how the brain masters something as complex as language, or struggles to simply move an arm after a stroke, have earned National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships to help them pursue their research and education.

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Two University of Rochester Students Named Goldwater Scholars

Fri, 18 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

University of Rochester sophomore John K. Golden and junior Samuel T. Harrold have been named 2008 Barry M. Goldwater Scholars. The scholarship, worth up to $7,500, supports and encourages students to who intend to pursue careers in science, mathematics, and engineering.

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Professor of Brain and Cognitive Sciences Named President of International Society on Infant Studies

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Richard N. Aslin, the William R. Kenan Professor of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, has been named president-elect of the International Society on Infant Studies, a not-for-profit professional organization devoted to the promotion of research on the development of infants. Aslin is finishing a

H. Allen Orr Named 'University Professor' for Diverse Body of Achievements

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H. Allen Orr, the Shirley Cox Kearns Professor of Biology at the University of Rochester, has been named a University Professor. The title is awarded to faculty members who have distinguished themselves through outstanding and varied contributions to their own scholarly field as well as to the Un

Music File Compressed 1,000 Times Smaller than MP3

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

20-Second Clarinet Solo Fits in a Single Kilobyte (And no, this is not an April Fool's joke!)

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Researchers Discover Second Depth-Perception Mechanism in Brain

Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

It's common knowledge that humans and other animals are able to visually judge depth because we have two eyes and the brain compares the images from each. But we can also judge depth with only one eye, and scientists have been searching for how the brain accomplishes that feat.

Professor Wins 2 Million Supercomputer Hours

Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:00:00 EDT

Chuang Ren, assistant professor of mechanical engineering and physics at the University of Rochester has won a U. S. Department of Energy award�and with it a chance to conduct his fusion research on a supercomputer.

This year Ren will use 2 million hours' worth of computing time