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Emil Wolf
Science & Technology
October 24, 2012 | 05:01 pm

Optical Society Celebrates Emil Wolf’s 90th Birthday

A leading expert in the fields of coherence and polarization properties of optical fields, he is well known for collaborating with Nobel Laureate Max Born on the book Principles of Optics. First published in 1959, it is now in its seventh edition and widely used by students to this day.

topics: announcements, optics,
green and red blobs
Science & Technology
October 18, 2012 | 04:14 pm

Rethinking Toxic Proteins on the Cellular Level

Histones are proteins needed to assemble DNA molecules into chromosomes. New research at the University of Rochester is causing a fundamental shift in the concept of histone balance and the mechanism behind it.

topics: Department of Biology, genetics, Michael Welte, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
graphic of man in referee outfit, picking up statue
Featured
October 16, 2012 | 03:44 pm

Brain’s Desire for Clarity Shapes Language

Many changes to language are simply the brain’s way of ensuring that communication is as precise and concise as possible.

topics: Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, language, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Science & Technology
October 3, 2012 | 05:03 pm

Gift to University Will Benefit the Sciences and Athletics

The gift will be used to create the Barbara J. Burger Endowed Scholarship in the Sciences, which will support one or more undergraduates each year in the pursuit of degrees in biology, chemistry, earth and environmental sciences, or physics.

topics: announcements, athletics, giving,
IBM Blue Gene computer
Science & Technology
October 3, 2012 | 04:50 pm

Bringing “All Hands on Deck” on Big Data

Modeling future climates or using genomic analysis to understand the mechanisms of cancer both require analyzing vast or very complex data, and exploiting the opportunities of “big data” is one of the biggest challenges in computing.

topics: data science, events,
Science & Technology
September 11, 2012 | 02:01 pm

How Much Gulf Spill Oil Was Consumed by Bacteria?

Researchers from the University of Rochester and Texas A&M University have found that naturally occurring bacteria that exist in the Gulf of Mexico consumed and removed at least 200,000 tons of oil and natural gas after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill.

topics: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, environment, John Kessler, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Science & Technology
September 6, 2012 | 03:43 pm

What’s Big Data Got to Do with It?

A lot, as it happens. Henry Kautz, chair of the computer science department, and his colleagues have shown that Twitter messages can be harnessed to predict the spread of infectious diseases, for example.

topics: announcements, data science, Henry Kautz, social media,