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Science & Technology

AI reveals how the brain clears harmful waste

The new approach combines MRI scans and AI tools to measure fluid flow linked to diseases such as Alzheimer’s.

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From the Magazine

While you were sleeping: URochester reshapes the science of sleep

URochester’s researchers and clinicians are helping us understand the science of sleep—including how it might be one of the most consequential forces in human health.

Ting Du, wearing a white lab coat, sits at a desk and points to a computer screen showing yellow fluid as Doug Kelley looks over her shoulder.

Science & Technology

Cleaning up the aging brain

August 15, 2024

Rochester scientists are restoring the brain’s trash disposal system with a drug currently used to induce labor.

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Health & Medicine

AI helps show how the brain’s fluids flow

A new, AI-based technique for measuring fluid flow in the brain could lead to treatments for diseases such as Alzheimer’s.

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Science & Technology

Can the laws of physics untangle traffic jams, stock markets, and other complex systems?

Gourab Ghoshal is using the fundamental laws of physics to untangle the complex systems behind human behavior, urban planning, and social networks.

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Science & Technology

Study suggests how high blood pressure might contribute to Alzheimer’s

January 25, 2019

New Rochester research may help explain the connection between high blood pressure and Alzheimer's disease, and it's all to do with how the brain pumps away waste.