Science & Technology Machine learning pinpoints when matter changes under extreme conditions July 28, 2022 Rochester researchers will cut through excess data to speed the search for new materials.
Health & Medicine Rochester leads development of novel integrated photonic COVID-19 sensor March 24, 2022 The inexpensive, portable device could help safeguard against future pandemics and detect viruses and infections in underserved populations.
University News Laboratory for Laser Energetics receives increased level of federal funding March 18, 2022 The funding strengthens the Laser Lab’s significant contributions to national security, scientific education and leadership, and regional innovation and growth.
Science & Technology Connecting the dots between aging, Alzheimer’s, and ‘junk DNA’ March 16, 2022 Biologists Vera Gorbunova and Andrei Seluanov join colleagues at Brown and NYU in the quest to find potential targets of treatments and therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases.
Health & Medicine Rochester researchers seek ‘direct hit’ on leukemic stem cells February 25, 2022 An internal funding program, plus the close proximity of the University’s engineering and medical facilities, promotes progress in a potential treatment for acute myeloid leukemia.
Health & Medicine Will hearing aids ever be as effective as corrective eyewear? February 22, 2022 Despite recent advances in hearing aid technology, users frequently complain that the devices tend to amplify all the sounds around them. Rochester researcher Jong-Noon Nam believes a key part of the answer to this problem lies inside the cochlea of the inner ear.
Science & Technology Grant helps biologist study ‘complex interplay’ of nature and nurture on genes February 17, 2022 Jennifer Brisson, an associate professor of biology, will further her study of phenotypic plasticity, which describes how an organism’s development is influenced by its environment, with a five-year, $2 million NIH grant.
Health & Medicine New imaging technology could buy time for pancreatic cancer patients November 18, 2021 Tumor shrinkage is one sign of cancer treatment’s efficacy—but Rochester scientists are exploring elasticity and permeability as well.
Science & Technology ‘High risk’ project uses quantum science to unlock new chemical reactions October 7, 2021 Rochester scientists have secured national funding for a multi-institutional research effort that could alter the basic rules of chemistry.
Society & Culture Yearlong research project explores social and political nuances of migration in the Americas September 7, 2021 Rochester scholars in the humanities and social sciences will study human migration as part of a “temporary research center” supported by a Mellon Foundation Sawyer Seminar grant.