A popular science fiction idea in TV shows like Amazon’s The Expanse, Rochester scientists are using physics and engineering principles to show how asteroids could be future viable space habitats.

First-of-its-kind experimental evidence defies conventional theories about how plasmas emit or absorb radiation.

A team of Rochester undergraduates was recognized in the International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) competition for developing solutions to problems in the maple syrup industry.

Maria Castaño, a third-year PhD student in biology, studies populations of birds to understand the processes that lead to the creation of new species.

New research shows reservoirs of ocean methane in mid-latitude regions will not be released to the atmosphere under warming conditions.

A team of scientists, including biology professor Anne S. Meyer, is developing plastic materials that degrade in oceans.

University of Rochester undergraduate students and their biology professor study what paper wasps—and the parasites that manipulate them—can tell us about evolution, aging, and group living.

Researchers have provided a more accurate simulation of the impact that formed Earth’s largest crater two billion years ago.

In fantasy sports, “your brain can twist and interpret fantasy results in ways that are suboptimal, lazy, and illogical,” explains brain and cognitive scientist Renee Miller.

Rochester researchers have developed a new approach that uses math to determine the best ways to group individuals to maximize learning.