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How does radiation travel through dense plasma?
Thu, 17 Nov 2022
First-of-its-kind experimental evidence defies conventional theories about how plasmas emit or absorb radiation.
Continue ReadingThree professors honored for undergraduate teaching innovations
Tue, 25 Oct 2022
The recipients of this years Goergen Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching all have reshaped departmental programs focused on experiential learning.
Continue ReadingChristopher Muir: Designing career paths for future mechanical engineers
Tue, 25 Oct 2022
The engineering professor draws from his vast experiences in the workplace to teach problem-solving mindsets.
Continue ReadingHow do magnetic fields affect star formation and high-energy-density lab experiments?
Mon, 19 Sep 2022
Rochester researchers hope to explain how the fields occur in plasma instabilities
Continue ReadingRochester researchers go ‘outside the box’ to delineate major ocean currents
Thu, 15 Sep 2022
For the first time, University researchers have quantified the energy of ocean currents larger than 1,000 kilometers.
Continue ReadingFaculty in data science, mechanical engineering, and history to receive Goergen Awards
Wed, 14 Sep 2022
Established in 1997, the award recognizes distinction in undergraduate teaching among faculty in Arts, Sciences & Engineering.
Continue ReadingCAREER awards recognize role models in research, education
Wed, 31 Aug 2022
Six Rochester researchers have received the National Science Foundation’s most esteemed recognition for early-career faculty members.
Continue ReadingMachine learning pinpoints when matter changes under extreme conditions
Thu, 28 Jul 2022
Rochester researchers will cut through excess data to speed the search for new materials.
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