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Using a large, nationwide sample, Rochester researchers looked at the impact that environmental and social risk factors can have during childhood.

“Our findings indicate that drilling near an infant’s public water source yields poorer birth outcomes and more fracking-related contaminants in public drinking water,” says Rochester’s Elaine Hill.

A new study out of the University of Rochester shows that data collected from your acquaintances and even strangers can predict your location.

A computer model devised by Rochester neuroscientists suggests that the brain can represent smells both like a painting and a symphony.

Looking at and discussing curated art, including works from the University’s Memorial Art Gallery collection, helped calm a group of cancer patients.

With new insights on the problem of noise in quantum computing, Rochester researchers make major strides in improving the transfer of information in quantum systems.

The drug disulfiram, also known as Antabuse, works by blocking a pathway similar to the one that’s hyperactivated in degenerative blindness.

This never-before-seen style of collective motion isn’t the only finding that surprised Rochester researchers about the organisms.

Pre-existing immunity to the common cold was thought to protect people from COVID-19. But new evidence suggests that sometimes the opposite can happen.

A Rochester expert sheds light on the underrecognized challenges faced by college students recovering from trauma, and answers questions on the real meaning of trigger warnings.