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Machine 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.

Performance under pressure at NASA’s Lunabotics competition

Fri, 17 Jun 2022

Rochester undergraduate students banded together to overcome multiple crises while fielding their robot on a simulated lunar surface at Kennedy Space Center.

Will hearing aids ever be as effective as corrective eyewear?

Tue, 22 Feb 2022

Despite recent advances in hearing aid technology, users frequently complain that the devices tend to amplify all the sounds around them. Rochester researcher Jong-Noon Nam believes a key part of the answer to this problem lies inside the cochlea of the inner ear.

National Academy of Engineering honors Rob Clark

Thu, 10 Feb 2022

Clark is among the 111 newly elected members of the academy, considered one of the highest distinctions for an engineer.

At age 80, John Thomas writes new chapter in an illustrious career

Mon, 31 Jan 2022

The Rochester professor emeritus and new American Astronomical Society fellow now explores the brain’s waste disposal system.

Using nanodiamonds as sensors just got easier

Tue, 25 Jan 2022

Rochester researchers have found a new and improved way to extract temperature from the light emitted by a diamond defect.

Rochester scientists reveal the limits of machine learning for hydrogen models

Wed, 15 Dec 2021

Research from the Laboratory for Laser Energetics paves the way for more accurate computer models, which are needed to understand the interior of planets and the physical properties of nuclear fusion.

Grant supports Rochester professor’s quest for superconductivity

Wed, 15 Sep 2021

The Moore Foundation award will also help Ranga Dias recruit other US scientists to join the quest to create viable superconducting materials.