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Science & Technology
March 7, 2022 | 02:21 pm

WATCH: Vinegar eels ‘do the wave’

This never-before-seen style of collective motion isn’t the only finding that surprised Rochester researchers about the organisms.

topics: Alice Quillen, Anton Peshkov, Department of Physics and Astronomy, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Science & Technology
July 17, 2020 | 01:38 pm

New data about asteroid surfaces will help explorers touch down safely

Using sand, marbles, and mathematical modeling, Rochester researchers from across departments worked to improve the accuracy of data collected from the surfaces of asteroids.

topics: Alice Quillen, Department of Computer Science, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Physics and Astronomy, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
University News
March 23, 2017 | 10:48 am

Physics and Astronomy professors awarded research leave fellowships

Alice Quillen and Andrew Jordan have been awarded prestigious Simons Foundation Faculty Fellowships to pursue their research in theoretical physics. “This is a great time to drop everything and go work on the galaxy!” says Quillen.

topics: Alice Quillen, Andrew Jordan, awards, Department of Physics and Astronomy,
Science & Technology
May 25, 2016 | 11:13 am

Close encounters of a tidal kind could lead to cracks on icy moons

Until now, it was thought the cracks on icy moons such as Pluto’s Charon were the result of processes like plate tectonics. But new computer models suggest that the pull exerted by another object might have been the cause.

topics: Alice Quillen, Cynthia Ebinger, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Natural Sciences, planets, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Science & Technology
November 27, 2013 | 08:40 pm

Secret to Peanut-Shaped Star Orbits Peeled Away

Alice Quillen, professor of astronomy, and collaborators have created a mathematical model of what might be happening at the center of the Milky Way.

topics: Alice Quillen, Department of Physics and Astronomy, galaxies, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, stars,