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David Goldfarb
Science & Technology
March 16, 2016 | 03:27 pm

Q&A: Biologist earns raves for work with yeast

LISTEN: David Goldfarb, professor of biology, researches yeast as a model organism for understanding the aging process in humans. Why does this essential ingredient in bread and beer make a good research specimen?

topics: Department of Biology, School of Arts and Sciences,
image of a baby with a tootbrush features the words A BABY EATING A PIECE OF PAPER?
Science & Technology
March 15, 2016 | 10:59 am

Paying attention to words, not just images, leads to better captions

A team of University and Adobe researchers is outperforming other approaches to creating computer-generated image captions in an international competition. The key to their winning approach? Thinking about words – what they mean and how they fit in a sentence structure – just as much as thinking about the image itself.

topics: data science, Department of Computer Science, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Jiebo Luo,
observatory and a starry night sky
Science & Technology
March 4, 2016 | 03:03 pm

Rochester scientist discovers new comet

David Cameron, a visiting scientist in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, has discovered a new comet – the first to be discovered by an astronomer associated with the University or with the Rochester area in over a century, his colleagues believe.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
time-lapse image of a material placed on top of a finger tip as it changes shape
Science & Technology
February 9, 2016 | 10:39 am

Body heat triggers shape change in new type of polymer

Polymers that visibly change shape when exposed to temperature changes are nothing new. But a research team led by chemical engineering professor Mitch Anthamatten has created a material that undergoes a shape change that can be triggered by body heat alone, opening the door for new medical and other applications.

topics: Department of Chemical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Materials Science Program, research finding, URnano,
close up of bed bug
Science & Technology
February 2, 2016 | 11:47 am

Scientists map genome of common bed bug

“There’s an explosion of insect genome sequencing right now,” said Jack Werren, a professor of biology and a member of the research team. “But the bed bug is particularly interesting because it’s a human parasite, a major pest, and has a unique biology.”

topics: Department of Biology, genetics, research finding,
Timothy Dye
Science & Technology
January 28, 2016 | 02:30 pm

‘Big Data’ generates need for ‘Data Diplomacy’

Part of Professor Timothy Dye’s work as director of biomedical informatics is to combine global health with big data to improve the lives of people around the world. “But there is also incredible risk that this same data will be misused in ways that disadvantage communities and nations,” says Dye.

topics: China, Clinical and Translational Science Institute, data science, global engagement, Timothy Dye,
daguerreotype image of Frederick Douglass
Science & Technology
December 8, 2015 | 12:33 pm

Early Douglass daguerreotype on display

One of the earliest images of the 19th-century abolitionist is on loan at the River Campus Libraries through February. While here, the 1848 portrait will feature in a larger exhibition about the University’s work on researching and preserving daguerreotypes.

topics: announcements, Frederick Douglass, River Campus Libraries, Susan B. Anthony, URnano,
gas pump says MAY CONTAIN 10% ETHANOL
Science & Technology
December 3, 2015 | 04:10 pm

More efficient way of converting ethanol leads to better alternative fuel

A research team led by chemistry professor William Jones has developed a series of reactions that results in the selective conversion of ethanol to butanol, without producing unwanted byproducts.

topics: Department of Chemistry, energy, featured-post, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, William Jones,
man holding up a poster that reads WORLD AIDS DAY
Science & Technology
November 30, 2015 | 02:19 pm

December 1 is World AIDS Day

Michael Gottlieb ’73M (MD), examines AIDS awareness posters that are part of the AIDS Education Posters Collection, a collection of more than 6,500 AIDS education posters from around the world. Gottlieb, a graduate of the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, was the first to identify the disease that would come to be known as AIDS.

topics: featured-post, HIV and AIDS, vaccines,
series of circles that list the digits of pi, 3.14159
Science & Technology
November 10, 2015 | 09:50 am

Discovery of classic pi formula a ‘cunning piece of magic’

When most people think about pi, they associate the mathematical constant with arcs and circles. Mathematicians, however, are accustomed to seeing it in a variety of fields. But two University physicists were still surprised to find it lurking in a quantum mechanics formula for the energy states of the hydrogen atom.

topics: Department of Mathematics, featured-post, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,