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view of the ocean from space.
Science & Technology
October 10, 2019 | 10:07 am

Using machine learning to understand climate change

In a vast ocean where direct observational data is scarce, Rochester researchers are using data science to understand how shallow coastal waters and deep oceans contribute to the methane found in the atmosphere.

topics: climate change, data science, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, featured-post-side, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Karl Rosengren smiles while sitting on a chair and surrounded by large and small versions of a child's riding toy.
Science & Technology
October 2, 2019 | 01:04 pm

Making a study of adapting to change

Karl Rosengren joined the University faculty this summer, with a research focus on how children think and reason about changes in the world around them. In the process, he’s adapting to change himself, as the spouse of the University’s new president, Sarah C. Mangelsdorf.

topics: Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, faculty, School of Arts and Sciences,
Nancy Chen smiles as a bird sits on her hand.
Science & Technology
September 26, 2019 | 02:47 pm

Understanding an endangered species, bird by bird

Rochester biologist Nancy Chen is mapping the evolutionary forces affecting an endangered species of Florida birds, and raising fundamental questions about how and why species go extinct.

topics: Department of Biology, featured-post-side, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
John Nichol and two PhD students smile for a photo in his lab.
Science & Technology
September 25, 2019 | 01:25 pm

One small step for electrons, one giant leap for quantum computers

Quantum computing has revolutionary potential, but transferring information within a quantum system remains a challenge. By transferring the state of electrons, Rochester research brings scientists one step closer to creating fully functional quantum computers.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, John Nichol, quantum science, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, URnano,
person sitting in a chair wearing a virtual reality headset and surrounded by speakers as another person adjusts the headset
Science & Technology
September 18, 2019 | 10:39 am

New training in AR/VR tech gives Rochester doctoral students an edge

A $1.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation will establish a structured, well-rounded training program for University scholars applying augmented and virtual reality in health, education, design, and other fields.

topics: augmented reality, Del Monte Institute for Neuroscience, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Computer Science, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, featured-post, Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Jannick Rolland, Michele Rucci, School of Arts and Sciences, virtual reality, Zhen Bai,
pregnant woman touching belly in a nursery.
Science & Technology
September 10, 2019 | 02:29 pm

Alcohol during pregnancy—September is FASD awareness month

A research team at the University of Rochester’s Mt. Hope Family Center has been working for years to find ways to improve the lives of people with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and their families.

topics: Christie Petrenko, fetal alcohol syndrome, Mt. Hope Family Center,
visitors looking into a laser array from an observation deck
Science & Technology
August 23, 2019 | 03:09 pm

Laser lab ‘truly inspiring’ to federal government visitors

National Nuclear Security Administration Administrator Lisa Gordon-Hagerty said the University’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics plays a crucial role in advancing research vital to maintaining the safety of America’s nuclear security enterprise.

topics: featured-post-side, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, New York congressional delegation,
close-up of volcanic hotspot lava flow
Science & Technology
July 31, 2019 | 01:38 pm

Researchers solve ‘hot spot’ debate

Volcanic hot spots such as the ones that created the Hawaiian Islands have long been considered stationary points, but new data analyses provide conclusive evidence that hot spots are not fixed but are moving.

topics: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, featured-post-side, John Tarduno, research finding,
three archival portraits: Buzz Aldrin, Duncan Moore, Neil Armstrong
Science & Technology
July 19, 2019 | 02:22 pm

Apollo astronauts’ back-up plans included a head butt

When Duncan Moore, Rochester professor of optical engineering, met the Apollo 11 astronauts during 30th anniversary celebrations in 1999 he had to ask: What would you have done if your radios failed during the historic moon walk?

topics: Duncan Moore, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics,
Science & Technology
July 18, 2019 | 01:41 pm

3 questions: 50 years after the moon landing

The lunar rocks brought back by the Apollo astronauts still inform research today, including the work of Rochester professor Miki Nakajima, who studies the formation and evolution of the Earth, the moon, and other planetary bodies.

topics: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, exoplanets, featured-post, Miki Nakajima, planets, research, School of Arts and Sciences,