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ice and snow along the shore of Prudhoe Bay
Science & Technology
January 17, 2018 | 03:08 pm

Ocean waters prevent release of ancient methane

Environmental scientist Katy Sparrow ’17 (PhD) set out to discover whether ancient-sourced methane, released due to warming ocean waters, survives to be emitted to the atmosphere.

topics: climate change, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, featured-post-side, John Kessler, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, sustainability,
negative mass particles created in an illustration using two mirrors and an optical microcavity
Science & Technology
January 3, 2018 | 03:22 pm

Creating negative mass particles—and a novel way to generate lasers

Rochester researchers have created particles with negative mass in an atomically thin semiconductor, using a device that creates an optical microcavity.

topics: featured-post-side, Institute of Optics, Materials Science Program, Nick Vamivakas, photonics, quantum science, research finding, URnano,
two people sitting behind a computer screen with an image from a simulation on it
Science & Technology
December 28, 2017 | 09:12 am

Supercomputer aids Rochester’s quest for inertial confinement fusion

Hussein Aluie, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has been awarded an additional 90 million hours of computer time in 2018 by the US Department of Energy to produce detailed simulations of fluid instabilities that hinder fusion “ignition.”

topics: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, nuclear fusion, research funding,
Wyatt Tenhaeff and Brian Shen in the lab
Science & Technology
December 21, 2017 | 09:53 am

Wyatt Tenhaeff shares ‘Oscar of Invention’ for safer electric car battery

A safer lithium-ion battery that reduces the risk of fire in electric vehicles, developed by a University chemical engineer and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named one of R&D Magazine’s 100 inventions of the year.

topics: awards, Department of Chemical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Wyatt Tenhaeff,
speaker in front of a presentation slide that says DATA FOR GOOD
Science & Technology
December 14, 2017 | 03:43 pm

Goergen Institute Distinguished Speaker urges ‘data for good’

Many people think of data science in terms of analysis of datasets. But as Columbia University’s Jeannette Wing stressed to an audience at the Goergen Institute for Data Science recently, data science entails a lot more than that.

topics: events, Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence,
vials in a rainbow of colors
Science & Technology
December 12, 2017 | 12:07 pm

Chemists go ‘back to the future’ to untangle quantum dot mystery

For more than 30 years, researchers have been creating quantum dots—nanoscale semiconductors with remarkable properties. But quantum dot synthesis has occurred largely by trial and error. Thanks to the work of two Rochester chemists, that may be about to change.

topics: Department of Chemistry, featured-post-side, Materials Science Program, quantum science, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, Todd Krauss,
artist's illustration of nanofilter
Science & Technology
December 7, 2017 | 09:47 am

Scientist’s accidental exhale leads to improved DNA detector

How did water vapor became integral to the development and design of a novel device for detecting the DNA biomarkers affiliated with disease?

topics: Department of Biomedical Engineering, DNA, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, James McGrath, Materials Science Program, nanotechnology, research finding, URnano,
artist conception of icy particles in space
Science & Technology
December 1, 2017 | 12:24 pm

Professor assists NASA mission to measure disks that give birth to planets

Unlike typical observatories that are positioned on the ground or in space, the telescope Dan Watson is working on is situated in between — on a Boeing 747SP jet airliner.

topics: Dan Watson, Department of Physics and Astronomy, featured-post-side, NASA, planets, School of Arts and Sciences,
hand held under a portable optical scanner
Science & Technology
November 30, 2017 | 02:42 pm

Cutting-edge science leads to cut-free biopsies

What if biopsies could be performed noninvasively as part of the initial procedure, so surgeons would know immediately whether additional cancerous tissue needed to be removed?

topics: featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Jannick Rolland, Luminate, Materials Science Program,