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Close up of a woman's eyes and mid-face looking off camera to illustrate why eye blinking is important in humans.
Science & Technology
April 19, 2024 | 10:31 am

Why do we blink so much?

Researchers find that blinking plays a pivotal role in processing visual information—adding to a growing body of evidence revising our conventional views of vision.

topics: Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
The sun seen in space with plasma oscillations occurring on the surface.
Science & Technology
March 1, 2024 | 01:47 pm

Plasma oscillations propel breakthroughs in fusion energy

Rochester researchers have discovered a new class of plasma oscillations, paving the way for improved particle accelerators and commercial fusion energy.

topics: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, John Palastro, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, research finding, sustainability,
Falling rocks warning sign in front of rocks and boulders of various sizes along a mountainside to illustrate the idea of granular systems.
Science & Technology
February 9, 2024 | 03:41 pm

Reshaping our understanding of granular systems

Rochester researchers are uncovering the unexpected role of grain shape in the mixing of granular systems such as pharmaceuticals, cereal, and landslides.

topics: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Rachel Glade, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Four tubes, each a different color, containing hydrogels frozen in liquid nitrogen and obtained via 3d bioprinting.
Science & Technology
February 5, 2024 | 11:13 am

Printing plant-based pharmaceuticals—without plants

Rochester undergraduates developed a 3D-printing system to replicate chemicals found in plants, including those endangered by climate change.

topics: Anne S. Meyer, awards, Department of Biology, global engagement, School of Arts and Sciences, sustainability, undergraduate research,
Illustration depicting five conveyer belts, each carrying different type of cartoon alien and going through an "O2" representing the atmospheric oxygen bottleneck. The aliens going through the largest "0" emerge with fire.
Science & Technology
January 2, 2024 | 02:44 pm

Is oxygen the cosmic key to alien technology?

Rochester astrophysicist Adam Frank explores the links between atmospheric oxygen and detecting extraterrestrial technology on distant planets.

topics: Adam Frank, Department of Physics and Astronomy, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Stylized image of particle accelerator at Fermilab that produces beam of neutrinos to measure protons.
Science & Technology
December 7, 2023 | 03:40 pm

Rochester research with ‘ghostly’ neutrinos among Physics World’s breakthroughs of the year

Led by researchers from the University of Rochester, scientists from the international collaboration MINERvA have, for the first time, used a beam of hard-to-detect neutrinos to investigate the structure of protons.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, featured-post-side, Kevin McFarland, neutrinos, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
John Nichol faces the camera with his head and shoulders near a dilution refrigerator, which he uses to study thermoelectricity at the nanoscale level.
Science & Technology
September 12, 2023 | 08:09 am

A quantum leap in cooling atoms for better computers

A new grant will allow John Nichol and his team to study thermoelectricity to help develop more efficient quantum computers.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, featured-post-side, John Nichol, quantum science, research funding, School of Arts and Sciences,