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Woman with a string of lit lights around her head and arms raised during the nighttime to illustrate the concept of bioluminescent optogenetics.

Science & Technology

Turning brain cells on using the power of light

October 3, 2024

Rochester researchers have refined the noninvasive method of bioluminescent optogenetics to activate parts of the brain.

GIF showing sound waves entering the outline of a person's head. The word "hello" then appears in the area of the person's mind with different speech prosody represented with front and punctation that changes from an exclamation point to a question mark to a period.

Science & Technology

Why teens with autism struggle with speech intonation

September 16, 2024

A new study reveals that difficulties in adapting to changes in speech patterns may affect how adolescents with autism understand tone and meaning.

medical provider holds ultrasound wand to woman's neck.

Science & Technology

Patented ultrasound technologies improve diagnosis for cancer and other diseases

September 12, 2024

New technologies developed at Rochester could soon help make ultrasound a more powerful tool for diagnosing cancer, liver disease, and other pathologies.

looping video of glacier ice melting and dripping.

Society & Culture

On thinning ice

September 11, 2024

A pair of Rochester historians are chronicling the history of the world’s glacial regions—and human responses to their rapid disappearance.

A hexagonal-shaped vial holding red hydrogel-like material on display in a lab apparatus exploring the possibilities of biomedical ultrasound technology.

Health & Medicine

Scientists leverage ultrasound to build new blood vessels in living tissue

September 10, 2024

A technology most often used for medical imaging is being repurposed to treat damaged tissue in a range of applications.

A person in a cleanroom suit walks past the LUX-ZEPLIN central detector, used to detect weakly interacting massive particles, known as WIMPs.

Science & Technology

New record set in the search for dark matter—with a major assist from Rochester scientists

August 26, 2024

Researchers collaborating on the world’s most sensitive dark matter detector credit Rochester’s contributions in detecting weakly interacting massive particles.

Ting Du, wearing a white lab coat, sits at a desk and points to a computer screen showing yellow fluid as Doug Kelley looks over her shoulder.

Science & Technology

Cleaning up the aging brain

August 15, 2024

Rochester scientists are restoring the brain’s trash disposal system with a drug currently used to induce labor.

Professor Paradine and graduate student Rodina smiling and facing camera, standing against whiteboard showing chemical formulas.

Science & Technology

New ligand-guided technique enhances drug development

Researchers led by Shauna Paradine use chemical “helpers“ called ligands to guide reactions with extreme precision.

Illustration showing two cargo boats moving in opposite directions against a background that is half white stars against a blue background and half yellow stars against a red background to illustrate the US-China trade war.

Society & Culture

Why the US-China trade war could last another five years

A Rochester economist applies lessons from the 1980s to explain the United States’ current trade war with the potential superpower.

AI-generated image of two Reddit mascots, one red, one blue, arguing about artificial intelligence.

Science & Technology

Who is more polarized about AI—the tech community or the general public?

An analysis of nearly 34,000 comments on Reddit provides new insights about perceptions of AI after ChatGPT’s launch.