AI helps show how the brain’s fluids flow
A new, AI-based technique for measuring fluid flow in the brain could lead to treatments for diseases such as Alzheimer’s.
Viscosity presents a sticky plasma problem for fusion, high-energy-density experiments
University of Rochester scientists set out to explain how—and how much—in order to improve future experiments.
Cities on asteroids? It could work—in theory
A popular science fiction idea in TV shows like Amazon’s The Expanse, Rochester scientists are using physics and engineering principles to show how asteroids could be future viable space habitats.
How does radiation travel through dense plasma?
First-of-its-kind experimental evidence defies conventional theories about how plasmas emit or absorb radiation.
Three professors honored for undergraduate teaching innovations
The recipients of this years Goergen Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching all have reshaped departmental programs focused on experiential learning.
Christopher Muir: Designing career paths for future mechanical engineers
The engineering professor draws from his vast experiences in the workplace to teach problem-solving mindsets.
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
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.
Faculty in data science, mechanical engineering, and history to receive Goergen Awards
Established in 1997, the award recognizes distinction in undergraduate teaching among faculty in Arts, Sciences & Engineering.
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.