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Laser light passes through a “time gate” consisting of a thin film of indium tin oxide.

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New imaging technique sees through deep tissue, dense fog, and other obstacles

August 17, 2026

The AI-enhanced technology could improve noninvasive cancer imaging, lower costs, and make LiDAR systems more effective in poor visibility.

Pinned bee specimens viewed head-on in a collection drawer, with a metallic green bee in sharp focus at center.

Science & Technology

20,000 ways to bee: Everything you want to know about bees

August 14, 2026

Professor Bob Minckley answers common questions about the surprisingly diverse—and downright weird—world of bees.

A modular µSiM (m-µSiM) tissue chip platform.

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Could FDA-evaluated tissue chips succeed where animal testing falls short?

August 11, 2026

URochester researchers hit an important FDA milestone for tissue chip technology that predicts dangerous immune reactions to cancer therapies.

URochester PhD student and advisor in a lab to illustrate how to choose a PhD program and advisor.

Campus & Community

Thinking about a PhD? Your biggest questions, answered

August 10, 2026

Professor Darren Lipomi offers candid advice on choosing a graduate program, finding the right advisor, funding your education, and building a career in research.

Close up of a hand holding an instrument near an apparatus emitting a red laser representing the kind of work and manufacturing supported by the NSF STELLAR Engine.

Science & Technology

NSF selects Rochester, New York, and Finger Lakes region as national laser innovation hub

The URochester-led NSF STELLAR Engine launches with $15 million in federal funding.

Health & Medicine

A new way to prepare doctors for difficult conversations

URochester researchers have developed SOPHIE, a virtual ‘patient’ that trains doctors to communicate better.

URochester men's soccer team player Johnny Makula curves a soccer ball during a kick to demonstrate the Magnus effect.

Science & Technology

The Magnus effect: The science that allows soccer players to ‘bend it like Beckham’

‘Miracle’ goals scored from seemingly impossible angles are made possible by physics.

An advanced robotic arm with its finger outstretched reaches toward a human arm. The point where they almost connect shows AI and symbols representing mathematical models

Science & Technology

Can AI want something? URochester awarded Templeton Foundation grant to find out

The funding launches a new institute to investigate one of science’s biggest mysteries: the difference between life and machines.

A smiling Barry Silverstein next to text that reads "ever wonder" with a thought bubble emerging from it that reads "how will ar/vr change the world?"

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The biggest misconception about vision? That you see reality

Human vision isn’t a direct recording of the world. That’s why virtual and augmented reality still struggle to replicate it.

GIF of a soccer ball rotating while computer vision technology analyzes it from multiple angles.

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How AI helps World Cup referees make the call

Computer vision won’t replace referees at the World Cup. But it can help them make better calls when every inch matters.

Jacob Factor plays the French horn across from Amy Lerner while wearing a custom neck brace to treat pharyngoceles.

Campus & Community

An out-of-this-world design hits the high notes

Medicine, engineering, and pedagogy experts harmonize to help a French horn student overcome a rare throat condition.

Bioplastic ocean instrument labeled Nereid enclosed in transparent casing.

Science & Technology

Bacteria-based bioplastics reduce ocean waste

A team of scientists, including biology professor Anne S. Meyer, is developing plastic materials that degrade in oceans.