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URochester expands research on quantum matter under extreme conditions
Rip Collins secures $3 million grant from Department of Energy to explore how immense pressure can produce unexpected quantum behavior.
Why icy landscapes can behave like oobleck
URochester researchers use mathematical modeling to explore how wave-like soil patterns form—and what they could reveal about landscape stability.
Can scientists predict—and control—turbulence?
URochester joins a new NSF–funded center to find the answers by combining experiments, theory, simulations, and AI.
Student entrepreneurs learn business by starting one
With professional guidance and proximity to assets, URochester students launch and build companies as part of their campus experience.
The Magnus effect: The science that allows soccer players to ‘bend it like Beckham’
‘Miracle’ goals scored from seemingly impossible angles are made possible by physics.
Driven to be ever better through off-roading
URochester students gain hands-on engineering experience through designing, building, and racing off-road vehicles together.
AI reveals how the brain clears harmful waste
The new approach combines MRI scans and AI tools to measure fluid flow linked to diseases such as Alzheimer’s.