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quantum processor semiconductor chip connected to a circuit board
Science & Technology
March 21, 2022 | 02:15 pm

Researchers continue to confront major hurdles in quantum computing

With new insights on the problem of noise in quantum computing, Rochester researchers make major strides in improving the transfer of information in quantum systems.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, John Nichol, quantum science, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Gorbunova and Seluanov standing next to each other in lab, looking at camera.
Science & Technology
March 16, 2022 | 12:29 pm

Connecting the dots between aging, Alzheimer’s, and ‘junk DNA’

Biologists Vera Gorbunova and Andrei Seluanov join colleagues at Brown and NYU in the quest to find potential targets of treatments and therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases.

topics: Andrei Seluanov, Department of Biology, National Institutes of Health, research funding, School of Arts and Sciences, Vera Gorbunova,
Researchers looking on at wall-sized, vividly colored screens showing simulations of laser-driven experiments.
Science & Technology
March 14, 2022 | 11:19 am

Tracing the evolution of galaxy clusters

Petros Tzeferacos, an associate professor of physics and astronomy and a senior scientist at LLE, and colleagues from Chicago and Oxford have replicated in a laboratory setting conditions that exist within galaxy clusters.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, Flash Center for Computational Science, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Petros Tzeferacos, School of Arts and Sciences,
white eels shaped like a circle on a black background
Science & Technology
March 7, 2022 | 02:21 pm

WATCH: Vinegar eels ‘do the wave’

This never-before-seen style of collective motion isn’t the only finding that surprised Rochester researchers about the organisms.

topics: Alice Quillen, Anton Peshkov, Department of Physics and Astronomy, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Judith Pipher.
Science & Technology
February 25, 2022 | 02:54 pm

Judith Pipher remembered as a trailblazer in the field of infrared astronomy

The professor emerita, known as the ‘mother of infrared astronomy,’ had a profound impact on research into astronomical phenomena and the origins of the universe and was a pioneer for women in science.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, faculty, Judith Pipher, obituaries, School of Arts and Sciences,
Researcher standing with arm perched on wire-framed shelves in lab.
Science & Technology
February 17, 2022 | 11:20 am

Grant helps biologist study ‘complex interplay’ of nature and nurture on genes

Jennifer Brisson, an associate professor of biology, will further her study of phenotypic plasticity, which describes how an organism’s development is influenced by its environment, with a five-year, $2 million NIH grant.

topics: Department of Biology, Jennifer Brisson, National Institutes of Health, research funding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Photo-illustration of four versions of Earth to show evolution of planetary intelligence.
Science & Technology
February 16, 2022 | 12:07 pm

Can a planet have a mind of its own?

Adam Frank, the Helen F. and Fred H. Gowen Professor of Physics and Astronomy, asks, if a planet with life has a life of its own, can it also have a mind of its own?

topics: Adam Frank, Department of Physics and Astronomy, featured-post, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Woman surrounded by hanging model planets to illustrate moon formations.
Science & Technology
February 1, 2022 | 12:30 pm

Moons may yield clues to what makes planets habitable

In the search for Earth-like planets, University of Rochester scientist Miki Nakajima turns to computer simulations of moon formations.

topics: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Miki Nakajima, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,