A laser that could ‘reshape the landscape of integrated photonics’
Rochester researchers see applications in LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging), atomic physics, and augmented and virtual reality.
Seed funding reflects how data science, AR/VR transform research at Rochester
The University’s Goergen Institute for Data Science supports collaborative projects across all disciplines.
These students thrive where STEM, humanities intersect
The Wells Award recognizes engineering students who excel in humanistic disciplines.
CAREER awards recognize role models in research, education
Six Rochester researchers have received the National Science Foundation’s most esteemed recognition for early-career faculty members.
Performance under pressure at NASA’s Lunabotics competition
Rochester undergraduate students banded together to overcome multiple crises while fielding their robot on a simulated lunar surface at Kennedy Space Center.
Play a Bach duet with an AI counterpoint
BachDuet, developed by University of Rochester researchers, allows users to improvise duets with an artificial intelligence partner.
Smart acoustic devices: coming soon to a screen near you?
A Rochester team that includes Ben Kevelson ’22 is using flat panel technology to build a more cost-effective smart device that can also function as a touch interface.
New imaging technology could buy time for pancreatic cancer patients
Tumor shrinkage is one sign of cancer treatment’s efficacy—but Rochester scientists are exploring elasticity and permeability as well.
Rochester researchers set ‘ultrabroadband’ record with entangled photons
Engineers have taken advantage of the quantum entanglement phenomenon to generate unprecedented bandwidth and brightness on chip-sized nanophotonic devices.
Photonics researchers report breakthrough in miniaturizing light-based chips
A Rochester team demonstrates a new way to control light as it moves through integrated circuits, paving a research avenue in communications, computing, and photonics research.