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Science & Technology
December 12, 2017 | 12:07 pm

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.

topics: Department of Chemistry, featured-post-side, Materials Science Program, quantum science, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, Todd Krauss,
Science & Technology
December 7, 2017 | 09:47 am

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?

topics: Department of Biomedical Engineering, DNA, featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, James McGrath, Materials Science Program, nanotechnology, research finding, URnano,
Science & Technology
December 1, 2017 | 12:24 pm

Professor assists NASA mission to measure disks that give birth to planets

Unlike typical observatories that are positioned on the ground or in space, the telescope Dan Watson is working on is situated in between — on a Boeing 747SP jet airliner.

topics: Dan Watson, Department of Physics and Astronomy, featured-post-side, NASA, planets, School of Arts and Sciences,
Science & Technology
November 30, 2017 | 02:42 pm

Cutting-edge science leads to cut-free biopsies

What if biopsies could be performed noninvasively as part of the initial procedure, so surgeons would know immediately whether additional cancerous tissue needed to be removed?

topics: featured-post-side, Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Institute of Optics, Jannick Rolland, Luminate, Materials Science Program,
Campus Life
November 30, 2017 | 12:52 pm

NPR host Maria Hinojosa to deliver MLK Commemorative Address

The four-time Emmy winner and host of National Public Radio’s Latino USA and PBS’s America By The Numbers will deliver the University’s 2018 Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address on Friday, January 19.

topics: diversity, events, featured-post-side, Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Address, Office of Minority Student Affairs,
The Arts
November 29, 2017 | 03:23 pm

Four questions for director Ken Rus Schmoll

The two-time Obie Award-winner is in Rochester to direct Octavia, a play ripped from the headlines in the year AD 62.

topics: featured-post-side, Institute for the Performing Arts, International Theatre Program, School of Arts and Sciences,
Society & Culture
November 21, 2017 | 01:07 pm

One hundred years of solitude? Try 15 minutes instead

In a series of experiments, Rochester psychologists found that people who sat alone without devices for 15 minutes and chose what to think about experienced the positive effects of solitude: feeling calmer and less anxious, without feeling lonely or sad.

topics: Department of Psychology, Edward Deci, featured-post-side, research finding, Richard Ryan, School of Arts and Sciences, self-determination theory, Thuy-vy Nguyen,
Science & Technology
November 16, 2017 | 02:19 pm

In the mystery of positrons, dark matter is leading suspect

Scientists at the HAWC Gamma Ray Observatory have ruled out two pulsars as the source of an unexpectedly large presence of positrons in our corner of the galaxy. Could they come from something more complex and exotic: dark matter?

topics: dark matter, Department of Physics and Astronomy, featured-post-side, research finding, School of Arts and Sciences, Segev BenZvi,
University News
November 15, 2017 | 09:56 am

Simon Business School ranked among top for entrepreneurship

The Simon Business School is one of the nation’s top schools for entrepreneurship studies, according to the Princeton Review, which placed Simon at number 21 among graduate schools, up two places from last year.

topics: Ain Center for Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship, featured-post-side, rankings, Simon Business School,
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