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Viable superconducting material created in Rochester lab
Wed, 08 Mar 2023
In a historic achievement, University of Rochester researchers have created a superconducting material at both a temperature and pressure low enough for practical applications.
Continue ReadingViscosity presents a sticky plasma problem for fusion, high-energy-density experiments
Wed, 04 Jan 2023
University of Rochester scientists set out to explain how—and how much—in order to improve future experiments.
Continue ReadingCities on asteroids? It could work—in theory
Thu, 08 Dec 2022
A popular science fiction idea in TV shows like Amazon’s The Expanse, Rochester scientists are using physics and engineering principles to show how asteroids could be future viable space habitats.
Continue ReadingHow 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.
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