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Science & Technology
January 9, 2024 | 12:49 pm

New NIH-funded center could soon reduce the need for pharmaceutical trials on animals

Rochester is one of four NIH-sponsored centers that aims to produce tissue-on-chip devices as FDA-qualified drug development tools.

topics: Benjamin Miller, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Hani Awad, Institute of Optics, James McGrath, Materials Science Program, Medical Center, research funding,
Science & Technology
November 17, 2023 | 08:43 am

Qubit by qubit: Optimizing silicon for quantum computing

A team of researchers including John Nichol, an associate professor of physics, has won a grant from the US Air Force Office of Scientific Research to address challenges posed by silicon spin qubits.

topics: Department of Physics and Astronomy, John Nichol, research funding, School of Arts and Sciences,
Science & Technology
November 9, 2023 | 09:36 am

Audio deepfake detective developing new sleuthing techniques

A National Institute of Justice fellowship allows Rochester graduate student You “Neil” Zhang to develop novel defenses against deepfake scams.

topics: artificial intelligence, Audio Information Research Lab, augmented reality, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, graduate fellows, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, National Institute of Justice, research funding, virtual reality,
Science & Technology
October 24, 2023 | 07:48 am

Human brain’s ‘temporal scaffolding’ inspires new AI approaches

Applying a recent hypothesis about how the brain operates during sleep could improve the lifelong learning abilities of artificial intelligence.

topics: artificial intelligence, Christopher Kanan, Department of Computer Science, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, research funding,
Science & Technology
October 13, 2023 | 08:43 am

Photonic chips could give drones a lift when GPS is unavailable

Rochester researchers aim to leverage the quantum technique of weak value amplification to replace the gyroscopes in drones.

topics: David T. Kearns Center for Leadership and Diversity, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Jaime Cardenas, research funding,