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students and professors in a crowded lab, flooded with blue light
Science & Technology
March 19, 2019 | 08:57 am

Saving the lost text of a Torah scroll

Professor Gregory Heyworth and his digital media students are using different wavelengths of light to reveal illegible text that could create a sacred, tangible link with Jewish congregations lost to the Holocaust.

topics: Department of English, Department of Religion and Classics, featured-post-side, Gregory Heyworth, Lazarus Project, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
movie still of the Captain Marvel superhero in costume.
Voices & Opinion
March 18, 2019 | 12:05 pm

Conservative audiences no less interested in Captain Marvel

“The myth that female- or minority-led films struggle at the box office has been debunked again,” writes Bethany Lacina, an associate professor of political science, in an analysis for the Washington Post.

topics: Bethany Lacina, Department of Political Science, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
aging hands gripping a cane.
Science & Technology
March 14, 2019 | 02:19 pm

‘Selfish’ genetics amplify inflammation, age-related diseases

Research from Rochester biologists shows that a class of genomic parasites may cause more harm than previously thought, triggering inflammation that causes age-related diseases.

topics: Aging, Andrei Seluanov, Department of Biology, genetics, research finding, Vera Gorbunova,
the White House in the background, with a metal fence in the foreground, signalling the idea of a divide.
Society & Culture
March 12, 2019 | 01:21 pm

Watching for ‘bright lines’ during the Trump presidency

In a study spanning the first 18 months of the Donald Trump presidency, the non-partisan Bright Line Watch research group found large areas of agreement as to what constitutes critical democratic principles, but little agreement over which have been violated.

topics: Department of Political Science, featured-post-side, government, Gretchen Helmke, research finding,
erupting plasma on the surface of the sun.
Science & Technology
March 7, 2019 | 07:47 am

Researchers turn liquid metal into a plasma

For the first time, researchers at Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE) have found a way to turn a liquid metal into a plasma and to observe the temperature where a liquid under high-density conditions crosses over to a plasma state.

topics: Laboratory for Laser Energetics, nuclear fusion, planets, research finding,
child wearing an astronaut helmet gazes out the window.
Science & Technology
March 6, 2019 | 04:47 pm

Does awe lead to greater interest in science?

In a recent study, participants who watched awe-inducing nature videos or virtual reality simulations consistently reported greater interest in science and greater awareness of gaps in their knowledge.

topics: Department of Psychology, featured-post-side, research finding,
a child and his father sit on opposite ends of a couch, turning away and not speaking to each other.
Society & Culture
February 19, 2019 | 11:34 am

When parenting teens, keep calm and don’t carry on

In a new study, Rochester psychologists found that mothers and fathers who were less capable of dampening down their anger are more likely to resort to harsh discipline aimed at their teens, and that fathers in particular were not as good at considering alternative explanations for their teens’ behavior.

topics: Department of Psychology, featured-post, Melissa Sturge-Apple, Mt. Hope Family Center, parenting, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, teenagers,
large pile of colorful beads, two of them with the letters X and Y
Science & Technology
February 6, 2019 | 12:49 pm

Male Y chromosomes not ‘genetic wastelands’

The Y chromosome is one piece of the genetic puzzle that is notoriously difficult to sequence. Rochester biologists are finding new insights into the processes that shape the Y chromosome.

topics: Amanda Larracuente, Department of Biology, genetics, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences,
close up of laser array
Science & Technology
January 31, 2019 | 01:00 pm

With data science, Rochester’s laser lab moves closer to controlled nuclear fusion

One of the biggest challenges to controlled nuclear fusion has been the lack of accurate models to predict increased fusion energy yields. Now a Rochester team of more than 50 scientists has used “big data” to triple fusion yields.

topics: Department of Mechanical Engineering, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, nuclear fusion, research finding,