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Philip V. McHarris, author of "Beyond Policing," standing and looking off-camera and framed by part of the Frederick Douglass–Susan B. Anthony Memorial Bridge in the background.

Society & Culture

Imagining a world without police

October 24, 2024

A new book by Philip V. McHarris envisions a future where safety is not synonymous with policing, but rather prevention.

Happy young couple flirting in a restaurant with drinks.

Society & Culture

When someone flirts with your spouse, does that make your partner more attractive?

October 15, 2024

The simplified formula of “more attention equals more desire” doesn’t seem to apply to established relationships.

Overhead view of a vehicle with sensors activated while turning into a crosswalk with people to illustrate the concept of improved autonomous machines.

Science & Technology

How to design autonomous machines that are more reliable and less costly

October 3, 2024

An international team of computer scientists has developed a new method to reduce cost-safety tradeoffs.

Woman with a string of lit lights around her head and arms raised during the nighttime to illustrate the concept of bioluminescent optogenetics.

Science & Technology

Turning brain cells on using the power of light

October 3, 2024

Rochester researchers have refined the noninvasive method of bioluminescent optogenetics to activate parts of the brain.

GIF showing sound waves entering the outline of a person's head. The word "hello" then appears in the area of the person's mind with different speech prosody represented with front and punctation that changes from an exclamation point to a question mark to a period.

Science & Technology

Why teens with autism struggle with speech intonation

September 16, 2024

A new study reveals that difficulties in adapting to changes in speech patterns may affect how adolescents with autism understand tone and meaning.

medical provider holds ultrasound wand to woman's neck.

Science & Technology

Patented ultrasound technologies improve diagnosis for cancer and other diseases

September 12, 2024

New technologies developed at Rochester could soon help make ultrasound a more powerful tool for diagnosing cancer, liver disease, and other pathologies.

looping video of glacier ice melting and dripping.

Society & Culture

On thinning ice

September 11, 2024

A pair of Rochester historians are chronicling the history of the world’s glacial regions—and human responses to their rapid disappearance.

A hexagonal-shaped vial holding red hydrogel-like material on display in a lab apparatus exploring the possibilities of biomedical ultrasound technology.

Health & Medicine

Scientists leverage ultrasound to build new blood vessels in living tissue

September 10, 2024

A technology most often used for medical imaging is being repurposed to treat damaged tissue in a range of applications.

A person in a cleanroom suit walks past the LUX-ZEPLIN central detector, used to detect weakly interacting massive particles, known as WIMPs.

Science & Technology

New record set in the search for dark matter—with a major assist from Rochester scientists

August 26, 2024

Researchers collaborating on the world’s most sensitive dark matter detector credit Rochester’s contributions in detecting weakly interacting massive particles.

Ting Du, wearing a white lab coat, sits at a desk and points to a computer screen showing yellow fluid as Doug Kelley looks over her shoulder.

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.