Science & Technology
Golisano Orthopaedics Ranks ‘Best’
For the fifth consecutive year, Golisano Children’s Hospital’s orthopaedic specialists have earned a place among the Best Children’s Hospitals listing by U.S. News & World Report.
What’s Your Motion Quotient
A surprisingly simple exercise measures the brain’s unconscious ability to filter out visual movement, and points to an unexpected link between IQ and motion filtering
Naked Mole Rats Cancer-resistant Chemical ID’d
The biologists’ focus on high molecular weight hyaluronan (HMW-HA) began after they noticed that a gooey substance in the naked mole rat culture was clogging the vacuum pumps and tubing.
Quantum Optics Leaders Convene in Rochester
Two hundred physics and optics researchers from 20 countries worldwide have come together at the University of Rochester this week for the Tenth Rochester Conference on Coherence and Quantum Optics.
How To Hide a Boy – or Maybe a Satellite
With the help of his 14 year-old son, Benjamin, John Howell built three simple but surprisingly effective optical cloaking devices with inexpensive, off-the-shelf materials.
Brain Cells Lost to Huntington’s Disease Regenerated
Scientists used a modified virus to infect target cells in the brains of affected mice, and trigger the sustained over-expression of proteins which, in turn, activated the neighboring neural stem cells to produce neurons.
Lemonade Sweetens Fight Vs. Kids’ Cancer
Researchers put down their beakers and syringes in favor of pitchers of lemonade—in the spirit of the little girl who made it all possible.
Genetic Signature of a Brain Cancer ID’d
Using human tissue samples representing the three principal stages of the cancer, the researchers were able to identify and isolate the cancer-inducing stem cells.
URMC Launches Diabetic Eye-Care Outreach Program
The Greater Rochester Health Foundation awarded a three-year, $600,000 grant to support Rochester Area Tele-I-Care, a pilot telemedicine program.
URMC Honored for Stroke, Cardiac Programs
This is the fourth consecutive year that Strong Memorial Hospital has received the AHA/ASA Get With The Guidelines program’s highest honor, the Stroke Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award.