Chemists go ‘back to the future’ to untangle quantum dot mystery
For more than 30 years, researchers have been creating quantum dots—nanoscale semiconductors with remarkable properties. But quantum dot synthesis has occurred largely by trial and error. Thanks to the work of two Rochester chemists, that may be about to change.
Jeffrey Runner formally installed as dean of the College
During Monday’s ceremony, Runner discussed his path from college dropout to dean, and his desire to make the University a place of inclusiveness for all.
Scientist’s accidental exhale leads to improved DNA detector
How did water vapor became integral to the development and design of a novel device for detecting the DNA biomarkers affiliated with disease?
Professor assists NASA mission to measure disks that give birth to planets
Unlike typical observatories that are positioned on the ground or in space, the telescope Dan Watson is working on is situated in between — on a Boeing 747SP jet airliner.
Cutting-edge science leads to cut-free biopsies
What if biopsies could be performed noninvasively as part of the initial procedure, so surgeons would know immediately whether additional cancerous tissue needed to be removed?
NPR host Maria Hinojosa to deliver MLK Commemorative Address
The four-time Emmy winner and host of National Public Radio’s Latino USA and PBS’s America By The Numbers will deliver the University’s 2018 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address on Friday, January 19.
Four questions for director Ken Rus Schmoll
The two-time Obie Award-winner is in Rochester to direct Octavia, a play ripped from the headlines in the year AD 62.
One hundred years of solitude? Try 15 minutes instead
In a series of experiments, Rochester psychologists found that people who sat alone without devices for 15 minutes and chose what to think about experienced the positive effects of solitude: feeling calmer and less anxious, without feeling lonely or sad.
In the mystery of positrons, dark matter is leading suspect
Scientists at the HAWC Gamma Ray Observatory have ruled out two pulsars as the source of an unexpectedly large presence of positrons in our corner of the galaxy. Could they come from something more complex and exotic: dark matter?
Simon Business School ranked among top for entrepreneurship
The Simon Business School is one of the nation’s top schools for entrepreneurship studies, according to the Princeton Review, which placed Simon at number 21 among graduate schools, up two places from last year.