Products from squeeze bottles to outdoor furniture are made by turning propane to propylene. Researchers at @urochester.bsky.social gained new atomic insights that could make the manufacturing process more efficient Story: www.rochester.edu/newscenter/a... Paper: doi.org/10.1021/jacs...

Congratulations to Institute of Optics alumnus Alex Gaeta '90 PhD on being elected @optica.org vice president. That makes two @urochester.bsky.social alumni in the Optica presidential chain, joining President James Kafka.

Professor Benjamín Castañeda has devoted his career to bringing life-saving technology to rural areas across the globe! #MyRochesterStory #URochesterResearch

How did @urochester.bsky.social researchers make solar thermoelectric generators that are 15 times more efficient than previous devices? A little black metal🤘 #URochesterResearch Read about the research: www.rochester.edu/newscenter/s... See the full paper: doi.org/10.1038/s413...

Could Alexa help you find out if you have Parkinson's disease? Computer scientists at @urochester.bsky.social made a speech-based AI tool that can screen for a key indicator of the neurodegenerative disease #URochesterResearch Story: www.rochester.edu/newscenter/a... Study: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Each year, over 30 million people have cataract surgery—and Rochester leads the field in developing new approaches to one of the most important procedures for restoring sight #URochesterResearch | uofr.us/40UgKOi @flaumeye.bsky.social @cvsuor.bsky.social @urengineering.bsky.social

A #quantum leap in communication: @urochester.bsky.social & @rittigers.bsky.social have created the experimental Rochester Quantum Network sending #photons 11 miles across Rochester—paving the way for ultra-secure communication. Check out the @spectrumnewsny1.bsky.social spotlight: bit.ly/4lgO0I0

LASER TECHNOLOGY BREAKTHROUGH: Rochester researchers at @urengineering.bsky.social have designed a new laser smaller than a penny that can measure objects at ultrafast rates #URochesterResearch | uofr.us/3HC68Nh

@urochester.bsky.social is making a bold $8.5m investment in four new transdisciplinary research centers. Three of these centers are co-led by distinguished Hajim School of Engineering faculty. Learn more: www.rochester.edu/provost/four...

Chemical engineers at @urengineering.bsky.social developed a clever new way to study the atomic interactions that happen on the surface of materials so we can develop more energy efficient batteries and other devices Story: www.rochester.edu/newscenter/n... Study: doi.org/10.1039/D5SC...

A new laser smaller than a penny engineered by researchers at @urochester.bsky.social could be used for everything from guiding autonomous vehicles to detecting gravitational waves #URochesterResearch @urengineering.bsky.social Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s413... Story: www.rochester.edu/newscenter/c...

A new scholars program established by a @urochester.bsky.social trustee will allow undergraduates in chemical engineering and chemistry to conduct research at the forefront of sustainability under the guidance of Rochester faculty @urengineering.bsky.social #ROC www.rochester.edu/newscenter/u...

Scientists know that neurons communicate by firing electrical pulses, but what if light is at play too? Researchers from @urochester.bsky.social launched an ambitious new project to find out @urengineering.bsky.social #ROC www.rochester.edu/newscenter/o...

[email protected] researchers found that twisting 2 layers of nano-thin materials together at large angles creates artificial atoms that can act as quantum information bits #URochesterResearch Paper in Nano Letters: doi.org/10.1021/acs.... Story: www.rochester.edu/newscenter/t...

There are nearly as many versions of Rochester alumnus Edward Ashton ’96 (PhD) as there are of #Mickey17, the protagonist who comes to life (literally and often!) in the new film based on Ashton's novel uofr.us/41Jw1lS

#Mickey17 hits theaters Friday, bringing a novel by @urengineering.bsky.social alumnus @edashtonwriting.bsky.social to the big screen. How does a story by a #ROC cancer researcher become a film by #Oscar winning director Bong Joon-Ho? It's stranger than fiction www.rochester.edu/newscenter/r...

New review out in @NatureRevMicro on the complex rltnshp btween metabolism & AMR! A true labor of love from previous postbac Mehrose, grad students Varun & Zirui, and collaborator @drrobsmith.bsky.social (plus figures I'll likely use for many talks to come 😊) rdcu.be/eaES2

How many quishes could a QR code quash if a QR code could quash quishes? @urengineering.bsky.social researchers are developing and working to commercialize new forms of QR codes to help protect people from scams #URochesterResearch @urochester.bsky.social www.rochester.edu/newscenter/q...

A new study in @naturecomms.bsky.social by @urengineering.bsky.social researchers reveals the surprising ways surface and ocean weather patterns interact #URochesterResearch Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s414... Story: www.rochester.edu/newscenter/h...

Ocean weather is affected by the atmosphere in unexpected ways: Scientists found that atmospheric winds can either slow or energize ocean eddies depending on their direction. #OceanWeather #ClimateConnections #AtmosphereImpact #MarineScience #WeatherPatterns #EarthDotCom #EarthSnap #Earth

#EverWonder…? Why do we wake up taller than when we went to sleep? Rochester professor Mark Buckley explains the phenomenon known as poroelastic creep. Learn more about poroelasticity from Prof. Buckley, and his passion for making engineering accessible to all. www.rochester.edu/newscenter/m...

Congrats to @gracestensland.bsky.social ’23! As a #soundeffects editor for “Orion and the Dark” & #foley editor for “Jurassic World: Chaos Theory”, Grace helped earn @theemmys.tv & MPSE Golden Reel noms. Huge shoutout to Grace & Sound Rebels Post for their amazing work! #URAlumni

As the Head of AI Strategy & Research in the Office of the CTO at @bloomberg.com, Amanda Stent '01 works across the company to help it break down barriers in key strategic areas related to AI. See what the @urochester.bsky.social alum thinks the future holds for AI www.rochester.edu/newscenter/a...

How do visual cues like lip movements help our brains understand speech in noisy environments? @urochester.bsky.social Associate Professor Ed Lalor received funding from the NIH to find out #URochesterResearch www.rochester.edu/newscenter/h...

New #URochesterResearch uncovers the “missing link” in how sleep restores the brain. Natural oscillations drive the cleaning process, but common sleep aid zolpidem may disrupt it🧠 via @cellcellpress.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ce...

This semester, @urochester.bsky.social data science students analyzed millions of data points to help the #ROC Fire Department determine where to best place fire stations, fire trucks, and other resources... and got to do "ride-alongs" to boot www.rochester.edu/newscenter/d...

Researchers from @urochester.bsky.social's Department of Biology and Institute of Optics drew inspiration from sea sponges to create tiny, powerful microlenses for advanced image sensors #URochesterResearch www.rochester.edu/newscenter/w...

"Shout out to the Simon School!" Congratulations to Rochester MBA student (and future well-dressed Secretary of State!) Kemi Akindude on her appearance tonight on Wheel of Fortune!

This year's list of inductees to the National Academy of Inventors includes @urochester.bsky.social professor of electrical and computer engineering Eby Friedman, a pioneer of high-performance integrated circuits #URochesterResearch www.rochester.edu/newscenter/f...

What if you could instantly change your voice to make it sound like you have a different accent, age, or gender? Engineers at @urochester.bsky.social are developing a system to protect intelligence officers, crime witnesses, and whistleblowers #URochesterResearch www.rochester.edu/newscenter/v...

Can artificial intelligence-powered tools help enrich child development and learning? A team of Rochester researchers has made this question the crux of their work as they develop tools to help kids and parents benefit from and learn about #AI www.rochester.edu/newscenter/a...

My work with a colleague on seeing if we can create in-home technology to support parent signing with deaf infants is featured in this article and an embedded video. Check it out!

Can artificial intelligence help kids learn better? University of Rochester computer scientist Zhen Bai is exploring how, from tools to help parents of deaf and hard-of-hearing kids learn ASL to games to demystify machine learning www.rochester.edu/newscenter/a...

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