‘Holy Grail’ of Hydrogen Fuel
Work by a group of graduate students and chemistry professors is advancing what is sometimes considered the “holy grail” of energy science: lowering the cost while increasing the output of sunlight-powered hydrogen-production systems. The solution: nanocrystals and nickel catalysts.
How Do Blind Mole Rats Ward Off Cancer?
Blind mole rats and naked mole rats—both subterranean rodents with long life spans—are the only mammals never known to develop cancer. Rochester biologists have now determined that the mechanism for fighting off cancer differs between the two.
Rethinking Toxic Proteins on the Cellular Level
Histones are proteins needed to assemble DNA molecules into chromosomes. New research at the University of Rochester is causing a fundamental shift in the concept of histone balance and the mechanism behind it.
Brain’s Desire for Clarity Shapes Language
Many changes to language are simply the brain’s way of ensuring that communication is as precise and concise as possible.
Protected: The Marshmallow Study Revisited
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How Much Gulf Spill Oil Was Consumed by Bacteria?
Researchers from the University of Rochester and Texas A&M University have found that naturally occurring bacteria that exist in the Gulf of Mexico consumed and removed at least 200,000 tons of oil and natural gas after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon spill.
University of Rochester Plays Key Roles in Search for Higgs Boson
July 4, 2012, was an historic day for researchers at CERN. It also marked an important period at the University of Rochester as three physicists and an engineer helped support the nearly five-decades-old theory of one of their colleagues.
Mathematicians Find a Way to Hide Waves Inside an Invisible ‘Hat’
An international team of researchers, which includes Professor of Mathematics Allan Greenleaf from the University of Rochester, has come up with a process that would allow practical applications to be performed in a cloaked—or invisible—environment.