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student and professor pose in lab
Science & Technology
July 31, 2017 | 01:03 pm

Physics students keep their cool in summer labs

From near-Earth objects to quantum computing, physics students come to Rochester to get an early start on their research careers this summer, working on federally funded and University sponsored projects.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, featured-post-side, John Nichols, Nicholas Bigelow, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, summer-of-research-2017, undergraduate research, URnano,
image of a basketball player with the words dSports Summit 2017
Science & Technology
July 17, 2017 | 04:51 pm

NFL Hall of Famer Jim Kelly to keynote dSports Summit

Former Buffalo Bills Quarterback Jim Kelly will speak at UR Medicine’s day-long exploration of the latest developments in sports medicine, technology innovation, data analytics, and research.

topics: events, UR Medicine, UR Medicine-Sports Medicine,
smartphone with apps flying off the screen
Science & Technology
July 11, 2017 | 02:14 pm

Researchers, engineers team up on app for caregivers facing FASD

The National Institutes of Health has awarded a $1.5 million grant to support the development of a mobile app providing peer-to-peer interventions for parents of children with fetal alcohol syndrome disorders (FASD).

topics: children, Christie Petrenko, Cristiano Tapparello, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, engineering, fetal alcohol syndrome, grant, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, mobile app, Mt. Hope Family Center, parenting,
Three men and a glass box containing a large glass sphere
Science & Technology
June 29, 2017 | 10:45 am

Researchers use lasers to display ‘true’ 3-D objects

3-D displays, once only found in science fiction, are now closer to reality using a 3-D volumetric display where viewers can see images in three dimensions without the use of special glasses or filters.

topics: Curtis Broadbent, Department of Physics and Astronomy, John Howell, lasers, Natural Sciences, School of Arts and Sciences,
four test tubes filled with wasps
Science & Technology
June 22, 2017 | 12:08 pm

Wasp venom holds clues on how genes get new jobs

University researchers studying the venom of parasitic wasps believe a relatively understudied mechanism for creating new gene functions may be widespread in other species as well.

topics: Department of Biology, genetics, Jack Werren, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Science & Technology
June 15, 2017 | 04:51 pm

Ancient ozone levels provide a glimpse into future effects of climate change

A computer model developed at Rochester, and used to compare model data to analysis on 100,000-year-old Greenland ice cores, has shown a surprising result.

topics: climate change, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, featured-post-side, Lee Murray, Natural Sciences, planets, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
artist rendering of a quantum dot
Science & Technology
May 26, 2017 | 09:21 am

Light emitting quantum dots could ease synthesis of novel compounds

Most chemists have studied quantum dots for their basic properties. But new research by Rochester scientists points to potential applications in the synthesis of pharmaceuticals, fine chemicals, and agro-chemicals.

topics: Daniel Weix, Department of Chemistry, featured-post-side, Materials Science Program, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, Todd Krauss,
students in a lab
Science & Technology
May 24, 2017 | 12:50 pm

High schoolers come face-to-face with fruit flies

Students from Rochester’s East High School got a sense of how startling science can be when they spent the day in the lab with professors and researchers from the Department of Biology.

topics: community, David Goldfarb, Department of Biology, East High School, Robert Minckley, School of Arts and Sciences, VISTA Collaboratory,