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Laser bursts drive fastest-ever logic gates
Wed, 11 May 2022
By clarifying the role of “real” and “virtual” charge carriers in laser-induced currents, researchers at Rochester and Erlangen have taken a decisive step toward creating ultrafast computers.
Continue ReadingA ‘cautionary tale’ about location tracking
Fri, 08 Apr 2022
A new study out of the University of Rochester shows that data collected from your acquaintances and even strangers can predict your location.
Continue ReadingThomas Ferbel remembered as inspiring mentor and distinguished particle physicist
Thu, 24 Mar 2022
The long-time Rochester physics professor, who died in March, studied the building blocks of matter and the nature of quarks.
Continue ReadingResearchers continue to confront major hurdles in quantum computing
Mon, 21 Mar 2022
With new insights on the problem of noise in quantum computing, Rochester researchers make major strides in improving the transfer of information in quantum systems.
Continue ReadingTracing the evolution of galaxy clusters
Mon, 14 Mar 2022
Petros Tzeferacos, an associate professor of physics and astronomy and a senior scientist at LLE, and colleagues from Chicago and Oxford have replicated in a laboratory setting conditions that exist within galaxy clusters.
Continue ReadingWATCH: Vinegar eels ‘do the wave’
Mon, 07 Mar 2022
This never-before-seen style of collective motion isn’t the only finding that surprised Rochester researchers about the organisms.
Continue ReadingJudith Pipher remembered as a trailblazer in the field of infrared astronomy
Fri, 25 Feb 2022
The professor emerita, known as the ‘mother of infrared astronomy,’ had a profound impact on research into astronomical phenomena and the origins of the universe and was a pioneer for women in science.
Continue ReadingCan a planet have a mind of its own?
Wed, 16 Feb 2022
Adam Frank, the Helen F. and Fred H. Gowen Professor of Physics and Astronomy, asks, if a planet with life has a life of its own, can it also have a mind of its own?
Continue ReadingAt 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.
Continue ReadingTwo Rochester researchers named AAAS fellows
Wed, 26 Jan 2022
The world’s largest multidisciplinary scientific society has recognized Nicholas Bigelow and Michael Scott for their distinguished efforts to advance science.
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