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optics students who researched new optical fiber
Science & Technology
September 23, 2020 | 02:17 pm

Rochester researchers document record-setting optical fiber

The innovative fiber—made of seven capillaries surrounding a hollow core—may be a promising platform for quantum information processing and other applications.

topics: Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, research, William Renninger,
illustration of photonics-based modulator
Science & Technology
August 26, 2020 | 03:43 pm

Photonics researchers report breakthrough in miniaturizing light-based chips

A Rochester team demonstrates a new way to control light as it moves through integrated circuits, paving a research avenue in communications, computing, and photonics research.

topics: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, photonics, Qiang Lin,
illustration of exoplanet formation
Science & Technology
August 10, 2020 | 08:55 am

Rochester leads effort to understand matter at atom-crushing pressures

The University is the host institution for a NSF-funded national collaboration to explore ‘revolutionary states of matter.’

topics: Adam Frank, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Eric Blackman, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, high-energy-density physics, Hussein Aluie, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Miki Nakajima, Rip Collins, School of Arts and Sciences, Suxing Hu,
illustration of stretched-pulse soliton Kerr resonator
Science & Technology
July 24, 2020 | 09:52 am

Project creates more powerful, versatile ultrafast laser pulse

Institute of Optics research sets record for shortest pulse for newly developed technology, work that has important applications in engineering and biomedicine.

topics: Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, William Renninger,
social media bubbles over Manhattan
Science & Technology
July 23, 2020 | 05:13 pm

Study: Twitter mirrors our attitudes and feelings about COVID-19

Themes of anxiety, depression, and fear of shortages emerge as Rochester researchers continue to mine social media as a reflection of the United States “in the moment.”

topics: COVID-19, Department of Computer Science, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiebo Luo,
Comet Neowise in sky over Arizona
Science & Technology
July 17, 2020 | 04:32 pm

How to view Comet NEOWISE

Work by Rochester researchers will help make a space-based infrared telesecope—the kind that detected Comet NEOWISE—even more precise.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, featured-post-side, School of Arts and Sciences,
Illustration of OSIRIS-REx collecting samples on an asteroid surface.
Science & Technology
July 17, 2020 | 01:38 pm

New data about asteroid surfaces will help explorers touch down safely

Using sand, marbles, and mathematical modeling, Rochester researchers from across departments worked to improve the accuracy of data collected from the surfaces of asteroids.

topics: Alice Quillen, Department of Computer Science, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,