Posts categorized Science & Technology

For the first time, University researchers have quantified the energy of ocean currents larger than 1,000 kilometers.

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.

The findings are based on data collected from thousands of children who participated in the landmark Adolescence Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study.

Six Rochester researchers have received the National Science Foundation’s most esteemed recognition for early-career faculty members.

A device that passively monitors breathing during sleep not only detects Parkinson’s, but also tracks the disease’s progression over time.

Rochester scientists discovered the glymphatic system. Now, the National Institutes of Health is bringing together several teams of researchers to better understand its mechanics.

Rochester researchers will cut through excess data to speed the search for new materials.

New paleomagnetic research suggests Earth’s solid inner core formed 550 million years ago and restored our planet’s magnetic field.

Rochester astrophysicist Adam Frank says distrust jeopardizes the country’s future as an economic powerhouse.

Neuroscientists have found that children with autism spectrum disorder may not always process body movements effectively, especially if they’re distracted.