Science & Technology AI reveals how the brain clears harmful waste May 27, 2026 The new approach combines MRI scans and AI tools to measure fluid flow linked to diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
From the Magazine While you were sleeping: URochester reshapes the science of sleep May 24, 2026 URochester’s researchers and clinicians are helping us understand the science of sleep—including how it might be one of the most consequential forces in human health.
Science & Technology Cleaning up the aging brain August 15, 2024 Rochester scientists are restoring the brain’s trash disposal system with a drug currently used to induce labor.
Health & Medicine AI helps show how the brain’s fluids flow June 13, 2023 A new, AI-based technique for measuring fluid flow in the brain could lead to treatments for diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
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.
University News These mentors make a difference for first-generation, minority students August 8, 2019 Five University of Rochester faculty mentors are the inaugural recipients of a new mentorship award from the University’s David T. Kearns Center for Leadership and Diversity.
Science & Technology Study suggests how high blood pressure might contribute to Alzheimer’s January 25, 2019 New Rochester research may help explain the connection between high blood pressure and Alzheimer's disease, and it's all to do with how the brain pumps away waste.
University News NSF CAREER winners blend research and education June 7, 2016 Four Rochester researchers are among the latest recipients of the National Science Foundation’s most prestigious award for junior faculty members.