Science & Technology Machine learning pinpoints when matter changes under extreme conditions July 28, 2022 Rochester researchers will cut through excess data to speed the search for new materials.
Campus & Community Performance under pressure at NASA’s Lunabotics competition June 17, 2022 Rochester undergraduate students banded together to overcome multiple crises while fielding their robot on a simulated lunar surface at Kennedy Space Center.
Health & Medicine Will hearing aids ever be as effective as corrective eyewear? February 22, 2022 Despite recent advances in hearing aid technology, users frequently complain that the devices tend to amplify all the sounds around them. Rochester researcher Jong-Noon Nam believes a key part of the answer to this problem lies inside the cochlea of the inner ear.
Science & Technology National Academy of Engineering honors Rob Clark February 10, 2022 Clark is among the 111 newly elected members of the academy, considered one of the highest distinctions for an engineer.
Science & Technology At age 80, John Thomas writes new chapter in an illustrious career January 31, 2022 The Rochester professor emeritus and new American Astronomical Society fellow now explores the brain’s waste disposal system.
Science & Technology Using nanodiamonds as sensors just got easier January 25, 2022 Rochester researchers have found a new and improved way to extract temperature from the light emitted by a diamond defect.
Science & Technology Rochester scientists reveal the limits of machine learning for hydrogen models December 15, 2021 Research from the Laboratory for Laser Energetics paves the way for more accurate computer models, which are needed to understand the interior of planets and the physical properties of nuclear fusion.
Science & Technology New tool cuts guesswork about ‘eddy killing’ in oceans August 19, 2021 Using satellite imagery, University of Rochester scientists have provided the first direct measure of how eddy killing affects Earth’s oceans.
Science & Technology Rochester laser experiments demonstrate ‘helium rain’ likely falls in the solar system June 1, 2021 An international research team including University of Rochester scientists has validated a nearly 40-year-old prediction that helium rain is possible inside planets such as Jupiter and Saturn.
Campus & Community Members of the College Class of 2021 reflect on four eventful years at the University May 18, 2021 As they prepare to graduate with the College’s Class of 2021, students from near and far say they’re well prepared for the future.