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Video still showing Dave Canning pointing a laser pointer at a piece of paper near text that reads "ever wonder" and a thought bubble containing the phrase "what can we do with lasers?"

The Laser Lab powers breakthroughs in fusion, national security, and technologies we use every day.

The Laser Lab at URochester powers breakthroughs in fusion, national security, and technologies we use every day.
topics: Ever Wonder, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Research Impact Powers, School of Arts and Sciences, sustainability, videos,
Close-up of a hand holding a water hose while spraying a green lawn to illustrate water conservation efforts aimed at water guzzlers.
Society & Culture
February 5, 2026

How to entice water guzzlers to conserve

A California field experiment shows why targeting high water users with the right incentives outperforms years of public messaging.

A California field experiment shows why targeting high water users with water conservation incentives outperforms years of public messaging.
topics: Kristina Brecko, research finding, Research Impact Sustains, Simon Business School, sustainability,
Two male researchers sit in a dimly lit office and look at a large computer screen displaying red and green chevrons in motion. One researcher is wearing an eye-tracking device.
Science & Technology
February 4, 2026

The brain uses eye movements to see in 3D

Contrary to long-standing beliefs, motion from eye movements helps the brain perceive depth—a finding that could enhance virtual reality.

Contrary to long-standing beliefs, motion from eye movements helps the brain perceive depth—a finding that could enhance virtual reality.
topics: Center for Visual Science, Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Neuroscience, research finding, Research Impact Accelerates, School of Arts and Sciences,
collage of eight past MLK Jr. Commemorative Address speakers at URochester.

Looking back on a quarter century of keynote speakers for URochester’s annual event, which brings civil rights leaders, activists, poets, and icons to campus.

The Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address has been a URochester tradition, bringing civil rights leaders, activists, poets, and icons to campus.
topics: events,
Overhead view of the OMEGA Laser System target bay.

The latest funding provides critical upgrades to the Omega Laser Facility to advance research, science, and technology for fusion energy and national security.

The latest funding provides critical upgrades to the Omega Laser Facility, the nation’s largest university-based DOE laser facility.
topics: Laboratory for Laser Energetics, research funding, Research Impact Powers, sustainability,
ornate owl with the words Faculty Awards next to it.

As part of an ongoing series, we’re highlighting the contributions of URochester faculty.

As part of an ongoing series, we’re highlighting the contributions of URochester faculty.
topics: awards, faculty, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Medical Center, Simon Business School, Warner School of Education,
Five unsinkable metal tubes bound together and seen from above floating in water with bubbles nearby and an overall blue cast.
Science & Technology
January 27, 2026

Scientists engineer unsinkable metal tubes

The superhydrophobic design could lead to resilient ships, floating platforms, and renewable energy innovations.

The superhydrophobic design of unsinkable metal tubes could lead to resilient ships, floating platforms, and renewable energy innovations.
topics: Chunlei Guo, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, research funding, Research Impact Sustains, sustainability, videos,
university seal.

Named positions are part of a long-standing tradition to celebrate the work of URochester’s faculty as researchers, scholars, and teachers.

Named positions are part of a long-standing tradition to celebrate the work of URochester’s faculty as researchers, scholars, and teachers.
topics: faculty, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Medical Center, School of Arts and Sciences, Warner School of Education,
Maiken Nedergaard against a white background and next to text and a speech bubble that reads "ever wonder why do we sleep" to address the topic of why sleep is important.

Sleep does more than restore energy—it activates the brain’s waste-clearing system, protecting long-term brain health.

URochester research shows that sleep activates the brain’s waste-clearing system, protecting long-term brain health.
topics: Ever Wonder, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Maiken Nedergaard, Medical Center, research finding, Research Impact Advances, videos,
Illustration of a light-matter state called a polariton.

The cutting-edge project aims to harness quantum light to unlock new chemical processes.

Led by URochester chemists, the cutting-edge project aims to harness quantum light to unlock new chemical processes.
topics: Department of Chemistry, Frank Huo, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, quantum science, research funding, School of Arts and Sciences, Todd Krauss,