
Field guide to fruit flies documents these surprisingly close human relatives
The common fruit fly is often deemed an annoying household pest. But these tiny insects are a boon to researchers. Rochester biologist John Jaenike has co-authored the first comprehensive guide to fruit flies published in nearly a century.

Ehsan Hoque, among ‘10 Scientists to Watch,’ is a study in resiliency
An expert in human-computer interaction and a pioneer in developing apps that help people hone their speaking and social skills, Hoque continues to apply lessons of resiliency he learned as an undergraduate.

Generating terahertz radiation from water makes ‘the impossible, possible’
Optics professor Xi-Cheng Zhang has worked for nearly a decade to solve a scientific puzzle.

Light and Sound Interactive conference puts Rochester at center of growing fields
Inspired by Austin’s South by Southwest conference, the organizers of this year’s event partnered with RIT and the City of Rochester to highlight the region as a source for innovation.

Firefly researchers mapping ‘world’s second-most interesting genome’
Biologist Amanda Larracuente and her team are the first to successfully sequence the firefly genome.

Governor Cuomo announces support for University-led data science consortium
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo yesterday announced $20 million in state support for the creation of a Rochester Data Science Consortium at the University of Rochester, with Harris Corporation as the consortium’s first partner.

Quadcast: Rebooting the brain for better vision after a stroke
Krystel Huxlin has developed rigorous visual training that can restore some of the basic vision lost to traumatic brain injury, stroke, or a tumor. Here Huxlin discusses how this therapy teaches undamaged parts of the brain to take over.

Protein identified in post-chemo cell death puzzle
Researchers have identified a protein that is required for cell death after undergoing chemotherapy—at least, it appears, in male mice.

Designing a world of immersive sound
Using a new approach to flat-panel design, Mark Bocko and his team are creating inexpensive prototypes of speakers that double as wall hangings and overhead lights.

Rochester leads new multi-institutional effort to study ‘extreme matter’
Institutions including Cornell, Michigan, Princeton, and Stanford will join Rochester in developing an instrument to produce and study matter that exists under pressures far higher than either on or inside Earth.