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two portaits of Duncan Moore and David Williams
Science & Technology
December 7, 2021 | 10:47 am

A cure for blindness? A next-generation solar concentrator?

Two new Rochester fellows of the National Academy of Inventors take aim at transformative discoveries in the world of optics.

topics: announcements, Center for Visual Science, David Williams, Duncan Moore, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics,
Student's hand holds part of an innovative sepsis diagnosis device.
Science & Technology
December 1, 2021 | 09:40 am

Rochester students’ award-winning device instantly detects sepsis via sweat

Rochester undergraduates have developed a fast, noninvasive, affordable, and eco-friendly way to diagnose the life-threatening medical complication.

topics: Anne S. Meyer, awards, Department of Biology, Department of Biomedical Engineering, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, health care, quality education, School of Arts and Sciences, undergraduate research,
Joseph Eberly
Science & Technology
November 23, 2021 | 08:57 am

Joseph Eberly honored as a ‘true visionary’ in optics

Joseph Eberly, the Andrew Carnegie Professor of Physics and a professor of optics, is recognized for pioneering contributions to quantum optics theory.

topics: awards, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, School of Arts and Sciences,
three researchers stand in a lab beside an image of a tumor
Science & Technology
November 18, 2021 | 01:38 pm

New imaging technology could buy time for pancreatic cancer patients

Tumor shrinkage is one sign of cancer treatment’s efficacy—but Rochester scientists are exploring elasticity and permeability as well.

topics: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, health care, Medical Center, research funding,
portrait of Kudzai Mbinda
Campus Life
November 15, 2021 | 07:30 pm

Kudzai Mbinda ’22 named Rhodes Scholar-Elect

The chemical engineering major from Harare, Zimbabwe, is Rochester’s second recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship in two years.

topics: awards, Department of Chemical Engineering, global engagement, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Array of six selfies.
Science & Technology
November 15, 2021 | 10:06 am

Software uses selfies to detect early symptoms of Parkinson’s disease

Rochester computer scientist Ehsan Hoque and his colleagues have harnessed machine learning to accurately identify signs of the neurological disease by analyzing facial muscles.

topics: artificial intelligence, Department of Computer Science, Ehsan Hoque, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Medical Center, Parkinson's disease, Ray Dorsey, research finding,
Closeup of tweezers grasping tiny chip.
Science & Technology
November 12, 2021 | 11:19 am

Tiny chip provides a big boost in precision optics

Researchers at the Institute of Optics for first time distill novel interferometry into a photonic device.

topics: featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, research finding,
Electric car charging.
Science & Technology
November 8, 2021 | 11:04 am

Can electric cars help strengthen electrical grids?

Chemical engineering doctoral candidate Heta Gandhi and her advisor, assistant professor Andrew White, have developed a new computer model showing ways to sell surplus energy from electric vehicles to local grids.

topics: Andrew White, Department of Chemical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, research finding,
scientific illustration of a solid laser beam entering at one end, and rainbow spectrum waves coming out through the other.
Science & Technology
October 28, 2021 | 02:43 pm

Rochester researchers set ‘ultrabroadband’ record with entangled photons

Engineers have taken advantage of the quantum entanglement phenomenon to generate unprecedented bandwidth and brightness on chip-sized nanophotonic devices.

topics: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, nanotechnology, photonics, Qiang Lin, quantum science,