Laser-driven experiments provide insights into the formation of the universe
Researchers at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics have captured for the first time in a laboratory setting the process thought to be responsible for generating and sustaining astrophysical magnetic fields.
University of Rochester students win Air Force research grant
Started and operated by Rochester undergraduates, WetWare Biosystems incorporates new medical technologies into existing equipment to stem the effects of traumatic brain injuries.
History project tells a more complete story of Frances Seward
Three women in the history PhD program have completed a video project showing the wife of Lincoln’s secretary of state as more influential than typically depicted.
Will Biden’s immigration plan encourage illegal immigration?
By enabling undocumented workers to travel freely between the US and their home countries, it may actually enable them to return home, writes Daniel Reichman.
Rochester Himalayan project receives environmental history award
Work to preserve testimonies of a people and their culture is recognized as an “outstanding model of applied environmental history scholarship.”
Campaign finance reform will not restore trust in democracy, say two social scientists
Proposed campaign finance legislation is “riddled with claims that do not hold up when subjected to scientific scrutiny,” argues Rochester political scientist David Primo.
Republican and Democratic voters agree on one thing—the need for generous COVID-19 relief
The latest Bright Line Watch survey finds that voters support COVID-19 relief spending, but partisan divides remain over the election and impeachment.
An experimental neurofeedback imaging treatment has emerged for psychiatric patients. Does it work?
A study by University of Rochester psychologists finds some positive results for the new approach.
Rochester to advance research in biological imaging through new grant
A multidisciplinary collaboration will create a new light-sheet microscope on campus, allowing 3D imaging of complex cellular structures.
Mary Young remembered as a trailblazer in the field of Native American history
At the University for more than 25 years, she was among the first scholars of her generation to see Native Americans as major, rather than secondary characters, in the American story.