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Todd Krauss in lab.
Science & Technology
July 30, 2021 | 11:34 am

Rochester researchers join national initiative to advance quantum science

Rochester researchers led by Todd Krauss, a professor of chemistry, are joining a major US Department of Energy-funded initiative to advance quantum science and technology.

topics: Department of Chemistry, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Nick Vamivakas, quantum science, research funding, School of Arts and Sciences, Todd Krauss,
person sitting at a computer looking at a screen with an AI avatar that looks like another person, demostrating having an online conversation.
Science & Technology
July 15, 2021 | 03:50 pm

A new way to prepare doctors for difficult conversations

University of Rochester researchers have developed SOPHIE, a virtual ‘patient’ that trains doctors in explaining end-of-life options.

topics: artificial intelligence, Department of Computer Science, Ehsan Hoque, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Medical Center, research finding,
illustration of the optical fiber Kerr resonator with rainbow pattern in foreground.
Science & Technology
June 16, 2021 | 05:21 pm

Novel chirped pulses defy ‘conventional wisdom’

Rochester researchers have advanced a groundbreaking technique first pioneered at the University’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics. As a result, they’ve produced chirped pulses in a way that works even with relatively low-quality, inexpensive equipment.

topics: Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, research finding, William Renninger,
Saturn
Science & Technology
June 1, 2021 | 11:05 am

Rochester laser experiments demonstrate ‘helium rain’ likely falls in the solar system

An international research team including University of Rochester scientists has validated a nearly 40-year-old prediction that helium rain is possible inside planets such as Jupiter and Saturn.

topics: Department of Mechanical Engineering, featured-post, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, high-energy-density physics, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, research finding,
close-up detail of dozens of optical fibers in a grid.
Science & Technology
May 28, 2021 | 01:26 pm

DESI’s quest to map the expanding universe begins

Rochester researchers are key members of an international collaboration to create a 3D map of the universe, which will help unravel the mysteries of dark energy.

topics: data science, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Regina Demina, School of Arts and Sciences, Segev BenZvi,
artists conception shows a close-up of a face wearing glasses with a square grid of different colored rays being projected onto the inside of one of the glasses's lenses.
Science & Technology
April 30, 2021 | 04:16 pm

A new way to make AR/VR glasses look more like regular glasses

Rochester researchers are combining freeform optics and a metasurface to avoid ‘bug eyes’ in AR/VR glasses and headsets.

topics: augmented reality, Center for Freeform Optics, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Jannick Rolland, Nick Vamivakas, research finding, virtual reality,
a blue-gloved hand holds a tiny circle of white material with a tiny green t-shirt printed on it.
Science & Technology
April 29, 2021 | 11:19 am

Will your future clothes be made of algae?

For the first time, Rochester researchers have used 3D printers and a novel bioprinting technique to print algae into living, photosynthetic materials that are tough and resilient.

topics: Anne S. Meyer, Department of Biology, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
three minute thesis winner Jeffrey Beard
Science & Technology
April 16, 2021 | 02:28 pm

Apt analogies help veteran convey his HIV research

‘Three Minute Thesis’ Competition winner Jeffrey Beard demonstrates how to communicate science to the public.

topics: Benjamin Miller, Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, research, School of Medicine and Dentistry,