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January 22, 2024 | 03:00 pm

Manipulated hafnia paves the way for next-gen memory devices

Scientists outline new processes for leveraging hafnia’s ferroelectric features to enhance high-performance computing.

topics: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, research finding, Sobhit Singh,
Science & Technology
January 9, 2024 | 12:49 pm

New NIH-funded center could soon reduce the need for pharmaceutical trials on animals

Rochester is one of four NIH-sponsored centers that aims to produce tissue-on-chip devices as FDA-qualified drug development tools.

topics: Benjamin Miller, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Hani Awad, Institute of Optics, James McGrath, Materials Science Program, Medical Center, research funding,
Science & Technology
January 2, 2024 | 02:44 pm

Is oxygen the cosmic key to alien technology?

Rochester astrophysicist Adam Frank explores the links between atmospheric oxygen and detecting extraterrestrial technology on distant planets.

topics: Adam Frank, Department of Physics and Astronomy, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Science & Technology
December 20, 2023 | 02:03 pm

Scientists uncover link between the ocean’s weather and global climate

Using mechanical rather than statistical analysis, an international team of scientists offers a new framework for understanding the climate system.

topics: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Hussein Aluie, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, research finding,
Science & Technology
December 19, 2023 | 08:27 am

Machine learning boosts search for new materials

Rochester scientists have developed deep-learning models that can sift through the massive amounts of data generated by X-ray diffraction techniques.

topics: Center for Matter at Atomic Pressures, Department of Computer Science, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Materials Science Program, Niaz Abdolrahi, research finding,
Science & Technology
December 18, 2023 | 02:22 pm

New strategy reveals ‘full chemical complexity’ of quantum decoherence

The findings can be used to design molecules with custom quantum coherence properties, laying the chemical foundation for emerging quantum technologies.

topics: David McCamant, Department of Chemistry, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ignacio Franco, quantum science, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Science & Technology
December 7, 2023 | 03:40 pm

Rochester research with ‘ghostly’ neutrinos among Physics World’s breakthroughs of the year

Led by researchers from the University of Rochester, scientists from the international collaboration MINERvA have, for the first time, used a beam of hard-to-detect neutrinos to investigate the structure of protons.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, featured-post-side, Kevin McFarland, neutrinos, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Science & Technology
November 30, 2023 | 10:43 am

Straining memory leads to new computing possibilities

“We’ve combined the idea of a memristor and a phase-change device in a way that can go beyond the limitations of either device,” says Stephen Wu, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and of physics.

topics: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Hesam Askari, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, Sobhit Singh, Stephen Wu,