Pancreatic tumors may require a one-two-three punch
Wilmot Cancer Institute scientists have discovered that a three-drug combination can simultaneously target the cancer cells as well as the other harmful, inflammatory cells within the tumor.
For city kids with asthma, telemedicine and in-school care cut ER visits in half
A new Medical Center study shows that children with asthma in the Rochester City School District who received telemedicine appointments and in-school care cut their ER visits in half.
Creating negative mass particles—and a novel way to generate lasers
Rochester researchers have created particles with negative mass in an atomically thin semiconductor, using a device that creates an optical microcavity.
Supercomputer aids Rochester’s quest for inertial confinement fusion
Hussein Aluie, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has been awarded an additional 90 million hours of computer time in 2018 by the US Department of Energy to produce detailed simulations of fluid instabilities that hinder fusion “ignition.”
Wyatt Tenhaeff shares ‘Oscar of Invention’ for safer electric car battery
A safer lithium-ion battery that reduces the risk of fire in electric vehicles, developed by a University chemical engineer and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, has been named one of R&D Magazine’s 100 inventions of the year.
Goergen Institute Distinguished Speaker urges ‘data for good’
Many people think of data science in terms of analysis of datasets. But as Columbia University’s Jeannette Wing stressed to an audience at the Goergen Institute for Data Science recently, data science entails a lot more than that.
Newest data links inflammation to chemo-brain
Chemo-brain, or cancer-related cognitive impairment, is estimated to impact 80 percent of people in treatment. A new Medical Center study shows that inflammation in the blood plays a key role.
Chemists go ‘back to the future’ to untangle quantum dot mystery
For more than 30 years, researchers have been creating quantum dots—nanoscale semiconductors with remarkable properties. But quantum dot synthesis has occurred largely by trial and error. Thanks to the work of two Rochester chemists, that may be about to change.
Electrical stimulation in brain bypasses senses, instructs movement
New research is helping scientists figure out how to harness the brain’s plasticity to rewire connections lost due to injury or stroke, an advance that could accelerate the development of neuro-prosthetics.
Scientist’s accidental exhale leads to improved DNA detector
How did water vapor became integral to the development and design of a novel device for detecting the DNA biomarkers affiliated with disease?