Science & Technology Edward Thorndike, physicist who found ‘beauty’ in b quarks, remembered January 31, 2024 Thorndike made pathbreaking contributions to the study of matter.
Science & Technology Is oxygen the cosmic key to alien technology? January 2, 2024 Rochester astrophysicist Adam Frank explores the links between atmospheric oxygen and detecting extraterrestrial technology on distant planets.
Society & Culture University of Rochester receives Mellon Foundation grant to hire Black studies faculty December 19, 2023 The $3M in funding will help advance innovative and strategic faculty hiring in the Department of Black Studies.
Science & Technology New strategy reveals ‘full chemical complexity’ of quantum decoherence December 18, 2023 The findings can be used to design molecules with custom quantum coherence properties, laying the chemical foundation for emerging quantum technologies.
Society & Culture Can an app improve your romantic relationship? December 14, 2023 Couples report healthier, stronger relationships after one month of using a relationship app codeveloped by a Rochester psychologist.
The Arts Provoking and coping through light verse December 12, 2023 Rochester English instructor ‘explores the lighter side of dark times’ with her latest collection of poems.
Campus & Community Souleymane Diallo ’24 selected as a Schwarzman Scholar December 11, 2023 The international relations major from Guinea, West Africa, is among 150 students from around the world to take part in the prestigious program in China.
Science & Technology Rochester research with ‘ghostly’ neutrinos among Physics World’s breakthroughs of the year December 7, 2023 Led by researchers from the University of Rochester, scientists from the international collaboration MINERvA have, for the first time, used a beam of hard-to-detect neutrinos to investigate the structure of protons.
Society & Culture When do teens lie to their parents (and when do they tell the truth)? December 6, 2023 Rochester psychologist Judith Smetana has made it her life’s work to understand how teenagers tick. In her latest study, she finds patterns in the timing of lies and the way secrets are disclosed.
Science & Technology Straining memory leads to new computing possibilities November 30, 2023 “We’ve combined the idea of a memristor and a phase-change device in a way that can go beyond the limitations of either device,” says Stephen Wu, an assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering and of physics.