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professor in a lab
Science & Technology
March 12, 2018 | 03:24 pm

Professor studies complex brain networks involved in vision

Farran Briggs, a new associate professor of neuroscience and of brain and cognitive sciences at the University of Rochester, studies how attention affects the brain’s ability to process visual information.

topics: brain, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Department of Neuroscience, School of Arts and Sciences, vision,
Earth's magnetic field connects the North Pole with the South Pole in this NASA-created image.
Science & Technology
February 27, 2018 | 03:52 pm

Earth’s magnetic field fluctuations explained by new data

Using new data gathered from sites in southern Africa, researchers have extended their record of Earth’s magnetic field back thousands of years to the first millennium.

topics: Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, John Tarduno, planets, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
four people standing around optical instrumentation in a lab
Science & Technology
February 23, 2018 | 01:20 pm

A laser focus on super water-repellent metals

Rochester researchers have been using lasers to change the properties of metals in incredible ways. But to make the technology commercially viable, a partnership between scholars and business will focus on making the lasers much more powerful.

topics: Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics,
person sits with scalp cap and many wires capturing brain signals
Science & Technology
February 22, 2018 | 01:36 pm

Brain signal indicates when you understand what you’ve been told

Biomedical engineers have identified a brain signal that indicates whether a person is comprehending what others are saying—and have shown they can track the signal using relatively inexpensive EEG readings taken on a person’s scalp.

topics: brain, Department of Biomedical Engineering, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, language, research finding,
professor poses for a photo with a robot
Science & Technology
February 21, 2018 | 12:22 pm

A professor and his robot study how we see

Meet Michele Rucci, a new professor in the University’s brain and cognitive sciences department, and his robot “Mr. T.” Rucci and his robot are using eye-tracking tools and virtual reality to replicate the small eye movements experienced by humans.

topics: Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, featured-post-side, interdisciplinary, Michele Rucci, School of Arts and Sciences, virtual reality,
wall of speakers
Science & Technology
February 13, 2018 | 02:24 pm

Giving virtual reality a ‘visceral’ sound

Using recital halls as their “labs,” and recording some of the best music students in the world, University researchers are creating virtual reality videos of concerts that literally immerse viewers “within” the performance onstage.

topics: Audio and Music Engineering, augmented reality, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Eastman School of Music, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, interdisciplinary, virtual reality, Zhiyao Duan,
lighted glass table covered in coffee mugs
Science & Technology
February 13, 2018 | 01:45 pm

Augmented reality lets students operate a chemical plant

Coffee mugs and popsicle sticks are transformed into chemical reactors as part of an innovative teaching experiment that allows student engineers to simulate reactions in a real-life, sprawling chemical plant.

topics: Andrew White, augmented reality, Department of Chemical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, interdisciplinary, virtual reality, Warner School of Education,
still from a video shows a doctor sitting in an office setting
Science & Technology
February 13, 2018 | 01:13 pm

Virtual reality app offers personalized psychotherapy

A multidisciplinary team of University doctors, engineers, and musicians is working together to create an immersive, customized experience that brings cognitive-behavioral therapy to a patient’s smartphone.

topics: augmented reality, data science, Department of Psychiatry, Eastman School of Music, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, interdisciplinary, Jiebo Luo, mental health, mobile app, virtual reality,
woman wearing virtual reality goggles in front of a computer screen showing an image of a brain
Science & Technology
February 13, 2018 | 12:40 pm

Training brains—young and old, sick and healthy—with virtual reality

Rochester researchers are using virtual reality-based brain training to better understand the brain’s plasticity in athletes who have experienced concussions and older adults with mild cognitive impairments. The goal? Improved therapeutic treatments patients can do at home.

topics: augmented reality, brain injury, Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Duje Tadin, featured-post-side, interdisciplinary, School of Arts and Sciences, School of Nursing, video games, virtual reality,