Novel imaging system could mean near-instant biopsy results
The new imaging system developed by Michael Giacomelli, an assistant professor of biomedical engineering and of optics, uses two-photon fluorescence microscopy (TPFM).
Paper wasp parasites turn hosts into long-lived ‘zombies’
University of Rochester undergraduate students and their biology professor study what paper wasps—and the parasites that manipulate them—can tell us about evolution, aging, and group living.
Asteroid that formed Vredefort crater bigger than previously thought
Researchers have provided a more accurate simulation of the impact that formed Earth’s largest crater two billion years ago.
How do magnetic fields affect star formation and high-energy-density lab experiments?
Rochester researchers hope to explain how the fields occur in plasma instabilities
Using data science to estimate fetal weight
Estimates of fetal weight in the third trimester of pregnancy are often inaccurate, so School of Nursing researchers are turning to data science for better assessments.
Rochester researchers go ‘outside the box’ to delineate major ocean currents
For the first time, University researchers have quantified the energy of ocean currents larger than 1,000 kilometers.
Developers of bladeless LASIK earn AAAS Golden Goose Award
The world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society has honored the the contributions of a five-member team, including Nobel Prize–winning researchers Donna Strickland and Gérard Mourou, to the field of corrective eye surgery. Strickland and Mourou’s discovery of chirped pulse amplification at the University’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics helped make bladeless LASIK possible.
Even mild traumatic brain injury increases risk of behavioral and emotional problems in kids
The findings are based on data collected from thousands of children who participated in the landmark Adolescence Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study.
CAREER awards recognize role models in research, education
Six Rochester researchers have received the National Science Foundation’s most esteemed recognition for early-career faculty members.
At-home sensors can spot Parkinson’s during sleep
A device that passively monitors breathing during sleep not only detects Parkinson’s, but also tracks the disease’s progression over time.