Tag: research finding
Laser bursts drive fastest-ever logic gates
By clarifying the role of “real” and “virtual” charge carriers in laser-induced currents, researchers at Rochester and Erlangen have taken a decisive step toward creating ultrafast computers.
How can we be sure machine learning is accurate?
Rochester researchers have developed a new “counterfactual” method to verify predictions of drug safety.
Does urban living put kids at greater risk of experiencing psychosis?
Using a large, nationwide sample, Rochester researchers looked at the impact that environmental and social risk factors can have during childhood.
Study links fracking, drinking water pollution, and infant health
“Our findings indicate that drilling near an infant’s public water source yields poorer birth outcomes and more fracking-related contaminants in public drinking water,” says Rochester’s Elaine Hill.
A ‘cautionary tale’ about location tracking
A new study out of the University of Rochester shows that data collected from your acquaintances and even strangers can predict your location.
The brain processes smells in two artful ways
A computer model devised by Rochester neuroscientists suggests that the brain can represent smells both like a painting and a symphony.
Bedside art appreciation eases cancer patients’ anxiety
Looking at and discussing curated art, including works from the University’s Memorial Art Gallery collection, helped calm a group of cancer patients.
Researchers continue to confront major hurdles in quantum computing
With new insights on the problem of noise in quantum computing, Rochester researchers make major strides in improving the transfer of information in quantum systems.
Alcohol abuse drug may help restore vision loss
The drug disulfiram, also known as Antabuse, works by blocking a pathway similar to the one that’s hyperactivated in degenerative blindness.
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.