Research news from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. http://www.rpi.edu/news/research/index.html en-us Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 2012 en-us 05/14/13 - Research published today in Nature Communications — produced with the aid of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute computer scientist Petros Drineas — used DNA analysis to unearth the previously unknown origin of the Minoans, who some 5,000 years ago established the first advanced Bronze Age civilization in present-day Crete.http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3181 14 May 2013 16:00:00 EST 04/30/13 - Computer scientists at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) have set a high performance computing speed record that opens the way to the scientific exploration of complex planetary-scale systems.http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3173 30 Apr 2013 16:00:00 EST 04/02/13 - Engineering researchers at Rensselaer have developed a new method to kill deadly pathogenic bacteria, including listeria, in food handling and packaging. (IEEE).http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3157 04 Apr 2013 16:00:00 EST 03/27/13 - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today announced the launch of its new Center for Sustainable Urban Freight Systems.http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3154 27 Mar 2013 16:00:00 EST 03/19/13 - The road signs that direct traffic on the highways — collectively known as the cytoskeleton — are a mystery, and now the subject of research for Lee Ligon, associate professor of biology.http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3152 19 Mar 2013 16:00:00 EST 03/05/13 - Ming Ma has developed a new method to manufacture light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that are brighter, more energy efficient, and have superior technical properties than those on the market today.http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3144 03 Mar 2013 9:00:00 EST 02/28/13 - Ming Ma has developed a new method to manufacture light-emitting diodes (LEDs) that are brighter, more energy efficient, and have superior technical properties than those on the market today.http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3143 28 Feb 2013 9:00:00 EST 02/27/13 - Rebecca Wachs has invented a new implantable sensor with the ability to wirelessly transmit data from the site of a knee replacement, spinal fusion, or other orthopedic surgery.http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3141 27 Feb 2013 9:00:00 EST 02/26/13 - Navid Attary has created a seismic protection device to boost the resiliency of bridges and buildings to earthquakes.http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3139 26 Feb 2013 9:00:00 EST 02/22/13 - Four graduate students in the Tetherless World Constellation at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute recently earned the top prize in a national health data platform challenge designed to create new functionalities for the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) repository for open health data: healthdata.gov.http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3136 22 Feb 2013 9:00:00 EST 02/12/13 - A new study from engineers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of California, Berkeley, pairs light and genetics to give researchers a powerful new tool for manipulating cells.http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3132 12 Feb 2013 9:00:00 EST 02/04/13 - The team used lighting and crash data for state highway intersections in Minnesota to develop quantitative models relating nighttime driving safety to the presence of lighting at these intersections.http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3128 04 Feb 2013 9:00:00 EST 01/30/13 - IBM today announced it will provide a modified version an IBM Watson system to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, making it the first university to receive such a system.http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3124 30 Jan 2013 9:00:00 EST 12/12/12 - An adaptive seismic device for earthquake protection, a vehicle collision prevention system, and a telemarketing blocker are among the winning ideas in the Fall 2012 Change the World Challenge at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3118 12 Dec 2012 9:00:00 EST 12/10/12 - A new study from engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute shows, for the first time, how the little-understood protein osteocalcin plays a significant role in the strength of our bones.http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3116 11 Dec 2012 9:00:00 EST 12/10/12 - A team of astrobiology researchers — including two from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute — will use a series of nighttime flights on an airborne observatory to search newly born stars for the presence of precursors to life.http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3115 10 Dec 2012 9:00:00 EST 12/05/12 - To assist communities and residents impacted by Hurricane Sandy, on Saturday, Dec. 8, Rensselaer will host a live telethon event to raise funds to help victims. http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3113 05 Dec 2012 9:00:00 EST 12/06/12 - The closer you live to another person, the more likely you are to be friends with them despite the growing use and impact of social media. http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3112 05 Dec 2012 9:00:00 EST 12/04/12 - A team of interdisciplinary researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has developed a new method for significantly increasing the heat transfer rate across two different materials. http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3110 04 Dec 2012 9:00:00 EST 12/03/12 - Antibodies developed by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are unusually effective at preventing the formation of toxic protein particles linked to Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease, as well as Type 2 diabetes, according to a new study. http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3109 03 Dec 2012 14:00:00 EST 11/26/12 - The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has developed a concept for roadway illumination called "Ecoluminance." http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3106 26 Nov 2012 09:00:00 EST 11/13/12 - The National Science Foundation today awarded a $2.5-million grant to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to enable its participation in a new international organization that will accelerate research data sharing among scientists around the globe. http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3102 13 Nov 2012 09:00:00 EST 11/12/12 - The combination of powerful new hardware, a talented new director, and a continued industry focus is set to amplify the success, reach, and impact of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute supercomputing center. http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3104 12 Nov 2012 09:00:00 EST 11/01/12 - Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed an ultrasensitive method for detecting sugar molecules — or glycans — coming from living organisms, a breakthrough that will make possible a more detailed understanding of cellular functions than either genetic or proteomic (the study of proteins) information can provide. http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3103 01 Nov 2012 09:00:00 EST 10/24/12 - A new study from the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer shows that exposure to morning short-wavelength “blue” light has the potential to help sleep-deprived adolescents prepare for the challenges of the day. http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3099 24 Oct 2012 10:00:00 EST 10/8/12 - In Consuming Reality, June Deery, associate professor of communication and media at Rensselaer, examines how reality television has altered conceptions of entertainment, privacy, and commercialization. In other words, she is interested in how it “consumes” reality. http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3089 08 Oct 2012 10:00:00 EST 10/03/12 - A newly created alliance to foster biomedical research among the Capital Region’s leading academic research institutions today announced its first grants: 10 awards totaling $745,000. http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3088 03 Oct 2012 10:00:00 EST 10/03/12 - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today celebrated the opening of the Douglas Mercer ’77 Laboratory for Student Exploration and Innovation. http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3087 03 Oct 2012 10:00:00 EST 09/24/12 - Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute seek to harness the power of computer graphics cards to solve one of the world’s most pressing health care technology challenges: radiation exposure from X-ray and CT imaging scans.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3083 24 Sept 2012 10:00:00 EST 09/20/12 - Civil engineers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute were part of an international research team that collapsed a full-scale dike this week in The Netherlands.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3082 20 Sept 2012 10:00:00 EST 08/27/12 - A new study from the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute shows that a two-hour exposure to electronic devices with self-luminous “backlit” displays causes melatonin suppression, which might lead to delayed bedtimes, especially in teens.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3074 27 Aug 2012 10:00:00 EST 08/20/12 - Researchers at Rensselaer made a sheet of paper from the world’s thinnest material, graphene, and then zapped the paper with a laser or camera flash to blemish it with imperfections. The result is a graphene anode material that can be charged or discharged 10 times faster than conventional graphite anodes used in today’s lithium (Li)-ion batteries. http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3071 20 Aug 2012 10:00:00 EST  07/30/12 - John Bullough, senior research scientist and adjunct assistant professor at the LRC, authored a newly published report written to assist airports as they decide if and when to install LED runway and taxiway lights.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3070 30 Jul 2012 10:00:00 EST 07/18/12 - A new study from the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute lays the foundation for the importance of tailored light exposures as a viable treatment option for the reduction of sleep disturbances in older adults and those with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD).  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3067 18 July 2012 12:00:00 EST 07/02/12 - New research led by chemists in the Baruch ’60 Center for Biochemical Solar Energy Research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is seeking to detail the individual steps of highly efficient reactions that convert sunlight into chemical energy within plants and bacteria.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3063 02 July 2012 12:00:00 EST 06/22/12 - Ground-breaking research to advance the application of stem cells to address critical injuries and diseases will be taking place at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in a new center funded by New York state and opened on June 22, 2012.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3059 22 Jun 2012 12:00:00 EST 06/07/12 - Engineers and scientists at Rensselaer are working to develop powerful new decision-making and data visualization tools for emergency management. These tools aim to help law enforcement, health officials, water and electric utilities, and others to collaboratively and effectively respond to disasters.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3053 07 Jun 2012 12:00:00 EST 06/07/12 - Scientists at Rensselaer have begun work on a new Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) project to develop computer systems that help quickly identify emerging ideas and capabilities in technology.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3052 07 Jun 2012 12:00:00 EST 06/05/12 - Leading "big data" analytics firm GNS Healthcare has signed a multi-year agreement to extend and expand its membership with the Computational Center for Nanotechnology Innovations (CCNI) at Rensselaer.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3051 05 Jun 2012 12:00:00 EST 06/04/12 - Rensselaer announced the signing of an exclusive license agreement with Concentrating Solar Power Utility for a new solar power technology utilizing what is known as magnetohydrodynamics (MHD).  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3050 04 Jun 2012 12:00:00 EST 05/09/12 - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today announced the new Manufacturing Innovation Learning Lab (MILL).  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3040 09 May 2012 12:00:00 EST 05/02/12 - Several biomedical engineers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have collaborated with artists from the College of Saint Rose and the surrounding Capital Region to bring their research on healing the nervous system to the public through art.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3035 02 May 2012 12:00:00 EST 04/05/12 - Engineering Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Develop “Phantoms” To Make Medical Imaging Safer for Overweight Individuals.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3018 05 Apr 2012 12:00:00 EST 04/02/12 - Computer scientists and biologists in the Data Science Research Center at Rensselaer have uncovered a new computational model called “cell graphs” that links the structure of human tissue to its corresponding biological function.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3015 02 Apr 2012 12:00:00 EST 03/14/12 - Rensselaer biologist Lee Ligon has found a previously unknown connection between breast cancer tumor cells and the surrounding healthy tissue. The results provide new information on the earliest stages of breast cancer metastasis.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3007 14 Mar 2012 12:00:00 EST 03/08/12 - If matter can neither be created nor destroyed, what accounts for the apparent loss of antimatter? The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment international research team, which includes a Rensselaer research group led by James (Jim) Napolitano, has released the first results from the research.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3006 08 Mar 2012 08:00:00 EST 03/07/12 - Fazel Yavari has been named the winner of the 2012 $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Rensselaer Student Prize for developing a new sensor to detect extremely small quantities of hazardous gases.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3005 07 Mar 2012 08:00:00 EST 03/06/12 - Zepu Wang has developed a new advanced material to coat electrical components and allow the transmission of higher voltages across national power infrastructures. Wang, a doctoral student in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Rensselaer, is one of three finalists for the 2012 $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Rensselaer Student Prize.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3004 06 Mar 2012 08:00:00 EST 03/05/12 - Fazel Yavari has developed a new sensor to detect extremely small quantities of hazardous gases. Yavari, a doctoral student in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer, is one of three finalists for the 2012 $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Rensselaer Student Prize.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3003 05 Mar 2012 08:00:00 EST 03/02/12 - Christopher Rivet has successfully married two powerful bioengineering technologies to develop a new method for delivering drugs directly to an injury site and jumpstarting the process of tissue regeneration.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3002 02 Mar 2012 08:00:00 EST 02/27/12 - A new research program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute seeks to define the next-generation of low-orbit satellites that are more maneuverable, cheaper to launch, easier to hide, and longer lived.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=3000 27 Feb 2012 08:00:00 EST 02/22/12 - A new study led by nanotechnology and biotechnology experts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is providing important details on how proteins in our bodies interact with nanomaterials.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2998 22 Feb 2012 08:00:00 EST 02/21/12 - A new implantable sensor developed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute can wirelessly transmit data from the site of a recent orthopedic surgery. Inexpensive to make and highly reliable, this new sensor holds the promise of more accurate, more cost-effective, and less invasive post-surgery monitoring and diagnosis.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2997 21 Feb 2012 08:00:00 EST 02/16/12 - Attracting and retaining the world’s brightest students is on the mind of every university official. But a new, unprecedented study in the journal Science suggests leaders in higher education face an understated, even more pressing challenge: the retention of professors.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2994 16 Feb 2012 08:00:00 EST 02/14/12 - The 13th International Symposium on the Science and Technology of Lighting (LS13)—an elite forum of scientists and engineers sharing the most recent research and development in the science and technology of light sources, lighting systems, and their key application fields —will take place June 24-29 at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2993 14 Feb 2012 08:00:00 EST 02/13/12 - U.S. Representative Paul D. Tonko will deliver the keynote address today to help kick off the Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center (ERC) third annual Industry-Academia Days.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2992 13 Feb 2012 08:00:00 EST 01/24/12 - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute computer scientist Carlos Varela has received seed funding from the U.S. Air Force to help make flight data as updated, active, and accurate as possible.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2983 24 Jan 2012 08:00:00 EST 01/23/12 - Graphene is the thinnest material known to science. The nanomaterial is so thin, in fact, water often doesn’t even know it’s there.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2978 23 Jan 2012 08:00:00 EST 01/18/12 - A new study by engineering researchers at Rensselaer demonstrates how introducing certain polymers—like those found in human mucus and saliva—into the environment makes it significantly more difficult for H. pylori and other microorganisms to coordinate.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2976 18 Jan 2012 08:00:00 EST 01/17/12 - Bioengineers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of California, Berkeley, have been awarded a more than $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study how chemicals in drugs and our environment impact our stem cells.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2975 17 Jan 2012 08:00:00 EST 01/10/12 - A scientist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an anthropologist from the University at Albany teamed up to use ultra-modern chemical analysis technology at Rensselaer to analyze ancient Mayan pottery for proof of tobacco use in the ancient culture.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2973 11 Jan 2012 08:00:00 EST 01/10/12 - Researchers at Rensselaer have developed a method for creating advanced nanomaterials that could lead to highly efficient refrigerators and cooling systems requiring no refrigerants and no moving parts.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2971 10 Jan 2012 08:00:00 EST 01/09/12 - Jose Holguin-Veras, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Rensselaer, will discuss his research in Haiti on donation distribution following the devestating earthquake in an audio press briefing on January 9 from 11 a.m. to 11:20 a.m.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2970 09 Jan 2012 08:00:00 EST 01/04/12 - Scientists at Rensselaer have used the capabilities of one of the world’s most powerful university-based supercomputers, the Rensselaer Center for Nanotechnology Innovations, to uncover the properties of a promising form of graphene, known as graphene nanowiggles.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2968 04 Jan 2012 08:00:00 EST 12/22/11 - Biomedical engineering students from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will travel to South Africa next month on a mission to identify the unique needs of remote, under-resourced medical clinics.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2964 22 Dec 2011 08:00:00 EST 12/13/11 - Earlier this year, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded a new $2.7 million grant to Rensselaer Professor Suvranu De to create, test, and validate a virtual reality simulator that seeks to replicate the environment of an operating room.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2961 13 Dec 2011 08:00:00 EST 12/12/11 - A team of management professors from the Lally School of Management and Technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Institut des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (IHEC) — The Institute of Advanced Business Studies in Tunisia — have been working to develop a road map that will support sustained high economic growth in the region known as the Maghreb, specifically Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2960 12 Dec 2011 08:00:00 EST 12/09/11 - Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method to design antibodies aimed at combating disease.   http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2959 09 Dec 2011 08:00:00 EST 12/05/11 - A system to increase intravenous therapy, a breakthrough in detecting bacteria in water, an innovation that prevents disease and creates jobs and cogeneration water purification for China are just a few of the winning ideas in the Fall 2011 Change the World Challenge.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2956 05 Dec 2011 08:00:00 EST 11/30/11 - Scientists in the New York Center for Astrobiology at Rensselaer have used the oldest minerals on Earth to reconstruct the atmospheric conditions present on Earth very soon after its birth.   http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2953 30 Nov 2011 08:00:00 EST 11/29/11 - Rensselaer is a key partner in a new project to create better technologies for scientists and engineers to store, share, and preserve important scientific data related to sustainability research.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2952 29 Nov 2011 08:00:00 EST 11/23/11 - A new study from Rensselaer demonstrates how graphene foam can outperform leading commercial gas sensors in detecting potentially dangerous and explosive chemicals.   http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2950 23 Nov 2011 08:00:00 EST 11/16/11 - In the developing world, philanthropic non-governmental organizations (NGOs) increasingly provide community services, like potable water and improved sanitation, traditionally associated with government.   http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2948 16 Nov 2011 08:00:00 EST 11/10/11 - Copper's days are numbered, and a new study at Rensselaer could hasten the downfall of the ubiquitous metal in smart phones, tablet computers, and nearly all electronics. This is good news for technophiles who are seeking smaller, faster devices.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2944 10 Nov 2011 08:00:00 EST 11/09/11 - With a new $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, Deanna Thompson, associate professor of biomedical engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, will investigate a promising new method to heal traumatic nerve damage, using electrical stimulation to prime and pump neuronal growth.   http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2945 09 Nov 2011 08:00:00 EST 11/02/11 - Scientists within the New York Center for Astrobiology at Rensselaer searched for methanol, a key ingredient in the synthesis of organic molecules that could lead to life. Their results have implications for determining the origins of molecules that spark life in the cosmos.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2941 02 Nov 2011 08:00:00 EST 11/01/11 - Linda Layne, the Hale Professor of Humanities and Social Sciences and professor of anthropology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is expanding her investigation of single mothers by choice as a visiting fellow at the Cambridge Centre for Family Research in the United Kingdom.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2940 01 Nov 2011 08:00:00 EST 10/27/11 - Robert Linhardt is working to forever change the way some of the most widely used drugs in the world are manufactured. Today, in the journal Science, he and his partner in the research, Jian Liu, have announced an important step toward making this a reality.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2938 27 Oct 2011 08:00:00 EST 09/28/11 - A team of researchers led by Robert Linhardt of Rensselaer has announced the sequence of a complete complex carbohydrate biopolymer.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2932 10 Oct 2011 08:00:00 EST 09/28/11 - Engineering researchers have developed new nanomaterials that could lead to techniques for better capturing and putting waste heat to work.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2927 28 Sept 2011 08:00:00 EST 09/15/11 - Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute developed a new method for creating a layer of gold nanoparticles that measures only billionths of a meter thick.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2921 15 Sept 2011 08:00:00 EST 09/13/11 - Scientists at Rensselaer are working to optimize a promising new nanomaterial called nanoblades for use in hydrogen storage. During their testing of the new material, they have discovered that it can store and release hydrogen extremely fast and at low temperatures compared to similar materials.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2920 13 Sept 2011 08:00:00 EST 09/12/11 - A new system to be installed at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute supercomputing center will enable exciting new research possibilities across the nation and boost the university’s international leadership in computational modeling and simulation, data science, high-performance computing, and web science.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2917 12 Sept 2011 08:00:00 EST 09/08/11 - Following the World Trade Center attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, engineers and construction workers faced the daunting task of dismantling the World Trade Center to make room for new construction. Researchers at Rensselaer are applying mathematical methods to describe how these decisions were made.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2916 08 Sept 2011 08:00:00 EST 09/07/11 - A new book designed to interest young people in science features Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Associate Professor Mariana Figueiro. Light: Energy You Can See includes a section detailing Figueiro’s research on how light impacts our body’s daily rhythms.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2915 07 Sept 2011 08:00:00 EST 09/07/11 - Jose Holguín-Veras was one of several Rensselaer professors tasked with studying and learning from the aftermath of the tragedy. His research projects started with air travel, but took an unexpected turn to a topic entirely new to academia: the logistics of donations.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2914 07 Sept 2011 08:00:00 EST 09/06/11 - Only a few hours after the unthinkable terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, a program manager from NSF called to ask for Al Wallace’s help in assuring nothing like this could ever happen again.   http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2913 06 Sept 2011 08:00:00 EST 08/18/11 - The National Science Foundation has announced a five-year, $18.5 million award to launch a prestigious Engineering Research Center (ERC) dedicated to developing the next generation of electric grids. Rensselaer will play a key role in the ERC, led by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK).  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2910 18 Aug 2011 08:00:00 EST 08/16/11 - The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment, which will include researchers from Rensselaer, has begun its quest to answer some of the most puzzling questions about the elusive elementary particles known as neutrinos.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2908 16 Aug 2011 16:00:00 EST 07/27/11 - Dr. Jon Morse, Director of the Astrophysics Division in the Science Mission Directorate at NASA Headquarters, will join the Institute as Associate Vice President for Research/Physical and Engineering Sciences starting October 3, 2011.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2905 27 Jul 2011 08:00:00 EST 07/25/11 - Scientists at have found that when just 10 percent of the population holds an unshakable belief, their belief will always be adopted by the majority of the society.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2902 25 Jul 2011 10:00:00 EST 07/18/11 - Researchers at Rensselaer have developed a new method to harvest energy from flowing water.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2900 18 Jul 2011 10:00:00 EST 07/14/11 - Philip W. Robinson has been awarded a Fulbright grant to continue his research into the effects of architectural enclosures on listeners’ perception of sound.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2899 14 Jul 2011 10:00:00 EST 07/12/11 - The new infrastructure will support applications such as the production and post-production of HD and 3-D video along with video data for immersive environments and scientific visualizations.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2897 12 Jul 2011 12:00:00 EST 07/06/11 - The honor, from the Germany-based Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, includes a fellowship that will allow Gray to pursue research at the Max Planck Institute Center for Adaptive Behavior and Cognition (ABC) in Berlin.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2896 06 Jul 2011 13:00:00 EST 07/05/11 - Rensselaer today announced the new Center for Flow Physics and Control (CeFPaC) within the School of Engineering. From designing smarter blades for wind turbines to developing new techniques for reducing aircraft drag, CeFPaC is poised to make an important impact in the rapidly emerging field of active flow control.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2895 05 Jul 2011 09:00:00 EST 06/29/11 - Research led by associate professor Mariana Figueiro at the Lighting Research Center (LRC) was selected from thousands of journal articles published in 2010.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2893 29 Jun 2011 09:00:00 EST June 23, 2011 - Cynthia Collins, assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering, is leading a series of experiments that will be aboard the shuttle. The research seeks to understand how microgravity changes the way potentially dangerous bacteria grows.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2892 23 Jun 2011 11:00:00 EST June 22, 2011 - A new technique developed at Rensselaer allows researchers to collect large amounts of biochemical information from nanoscale bone samples.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2891 22 Jun 2011 08:30:00 EST June 20, 2011 - The four-year study, funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH), seeks to accelerate the development of natural orifice translumenal endoscopic surgery, or NOTES.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2888 20 Jun 2011 09:30:00 EST June 9, 2011 - Now in its third year, the Smart Lighting Engineering Research Center (ERC) has enlisted 21 key industrial partners to help guide the center's leading-edge research programs and hasten the transition of important innovations from the lab bench to the marketplace.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2884 09 Jun 2011 08:00:00 EST June 8, 2011 - Graduate student Kinsley French has earned a graduate research award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to pursue her research into proteins and HIV transmission while she works toward her doctoral degree at Rensselaer.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2883 08 Jun 2011 09:00:00 EST June 6, 2011 - Engineering researchers at Rensselaer are combining automation techniques from oil refining and other diverse areas to help create a closed-loop artificial pancreas.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2881 06 Jun 2011 09:00:00 EST May 31, 2011 - Nanomechanics and multiscale modeling expert Catalin Picu has been named a fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2879 31 May 2011 09:00:00 EST May 26, 2011 - Research led by Miriam Katz recently published in Science finds evidence that early Antarctic Circumpolar Current development impacted the global climate.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2878 26 May 2011 09:00:00 EST May 24, 2011 - A new $1.2 million study seeks to develop software for calculating a patient’s radiation exposure from diagnostic X-ray CT scans.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2876 24 May 2011 09:00:00 EST May 23, 2011 - Lighting technology is the subject of intense scrutiny by scientists at two Rensselaer research centers.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2874 20 May 2011 09:00:00 EST April 27, 2011 - Augmented Reality, Microsoft Kinect, mobile apps, and so-called “serious games” are all part of GameFest 2011, to be held May 6-7.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2862 27 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST April 27, 2011 - U.S. Representative Paul D. Tonko delivers the keynote address at the Rensselaer CATS 2011 Technology Showcase and Conference.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2861 27 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST April 25, 2011 - Researchers at Rensselaer have developed a new method for manufacturing green-colored LEDs with greatly enhanced light output.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2860 25 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST April 20, 2011 - Funding will support a new nuclear engineering research program and laboratory dedicated to the measurement of high-accuracy nuclear interaction data.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2856 20 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST April 18, 2011 - Ben Chang, an electronic artist and recently appointed co-director of the Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences program explores humanity in technology.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2855 18 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST April 14, 2011 - Blanca Barquera has received a grant to study a group of proteins that appear to play a vital role in the survival of a multitude of deadly bacteria.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2853 14 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST April 6, 2011 - Marc-Olivier Coppens has developed a new technique for boosting the stability of enzymes, making them useful under a much broader range of conditions.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2851 06 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST April 5, 2011 - Students and staff at Rensselaer have developed an open source software that will help students more easily plan their upcoming semester.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2850 05 Apr 2011 09:00:00 EST March 17, 2011 - The effect of government spending to spur the economy is undermined when government finances the stimulus by borrowing money, according to a new mathematical model developed by economist and Clinical Professor of Economics John Heim.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2844 16 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST March 15, 2011 - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute astronomer Heidi Newberg is using a new grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to begin mapping the distribution of dark matter in our galaxy.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2842 15 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST March 9, 2011 - Lemelson-MIT Rensselaer Student Prize Winner Benjamin Clough is dedicated to making the world a safer place for emergency first responders, police and military personnel many and others.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2840 09 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST March 8, 2011 - Deanna Thompson is utilizing more than $300,000 in New York state funding as part of the state stem cell research program, NYSTEM, to study adult neural stem cells.    http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2839 08 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST March 7, 2011 - Tristan Lawry has developed and demonstrated an innovative system that uses ultrasound to simultaneously transmit large quantities of data and power wirelessly through thick metal walls.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2836 07 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST March 3, 2011 - Recent research by doctoral student Sevan Goenezen holds the promise of becoming a powerful new weapon in the fight against breast cancer. Goenezen is one of three finalists for the 2011 $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Rensselaer Student Prize.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2834 03 Mar 2011 09:00:00 EST February 24, 2011 - Rensselaer sophomore Nathaniel Quillin helped develop “Robonaut 2,” which will launch into orbit aboard Space Shuttle Discovery.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2831 24 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST February 23, 2011 - Web scientist and Rensselaer Tetherless World Research Constellation Professor Deborah McGuinness has developed a family of applications for the most tech-savvy wine connoisseurs.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2830 23 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST February 14, 2011 - Peter Fox and James Hendler of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are calling for scientists to take a few tips from the users of the World Wide Web when presenting their data to the public and other scientists in the Feb. 11 issue of Science magazine.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2826 14 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST February 14, 2011 - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Assistant Professor Abby Kinchy will discuss local perspectives on shale gas drilling in the Marcellus Shale region of New York and Pennsylvania on Feb. 20 during the 2011 American Association for the Advancement of Science Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2822 14 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST February 11, 2011 - Renowned concert hall designer and Rensselaer alumnus J. Christopher Jaffe ’49 will discuss his new book, The Acoustics of Performance Halls: Spaces for Music from Carnegie Hall to the Hollywood Bowl, on Monday, Feb. 14 on campus.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=282414 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST February 8, 2011 - Rensselaer data scientists are beginning a large-scale collaboration with the Woods Hole Oceanography Institution.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2823 8 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST February 7, 2011 - Building on decades of successful efforts to nurture new businesses and bring ideas from classrooms and labs to the marketplace, Rensselaer is launching a distributed incubation program called Emerging Ventures Ecosystem.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2820 7 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST February 4, 2011: Lighting Africa seeks to accelerate the development of commercial off-grid lighting markets in Sub-Saharan Africa.   http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2819 4 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST February 1, 2011: Robert J. Linhardt will discuss drug safety in an increasingly global economy during the AAAS Annual Meeting.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2817 1 Feb 2011 09:00:00 EST January 28, 2011: Aerospace engineering expert Michael “Miki” Amitay received a $250,000 grant from NYSERDA to continue his work on smarter blades for wind turbines.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2815 28 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST January 27, 2011: The Lighting Research Center (LRC) is steering a major initiative to promote sustainable lighting in South Asia, using LED technology.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2814 27 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST January 24, 2011: A collapsible oragami-inspired water bottle and stair-climbing aids for the elderly are among the winning ideas from students in the fall 2010 Change the World Challenge.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2812 24 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST January 4, 2011: Engineering researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed liquid pistons, in which oscillating droplets of ferrofluid precisely displace a surrounding liquid.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2811 10 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST January 4, 2011: An entirely new type of nanomaterial developed at Rensselaer could enable the next generation of high-power rechargeable lithium (Li)-ion batteries.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2810 04 Jan 2011 09:00:00 EST December 21, 2010: Rensselaer’s Lighting Research Center (LRC) welcomes the Swedish Energy Agency as the newest member of the LRC Partners Program.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2809 21 Dec 2010 09:00:00 EST December 20, 2010: In a new Cognitive Robotics Lab, students at Rensselaer are exploring how human thought outwits brute force computing in the real world.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2807 20 Dec 2010 09:00:00 EST December 10, 2010: Tetherless World Research Constellation scientists have developed an application to to provide scientists with easy and direct access to relevant government data sets.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2804 10 Dec 2010 09:00:00 EST December 9, 2010: Artificial intelligence researchers at Rensselaer have teamed up with musicians on an unlikely project: a digital conductor of improvised avant-garde performances.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2803 09 Dec 2010 09:00:00 EST December 7, 2010: Pankaj Karande is among a new generation of scientists and engineers developing exciting and novel new techniques to treat some of the most complex brain illnesses. His research has recently been funded by the Alzheimer’s Association.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2802 07 Dec 2010 09:00:00 EST December 2, 2010: Georges Belfort received the 2011 Alan S. Michaels Award in the Recovery of Biological Products from the American Chemical Society (ACS) Biotechnology Division.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2799 02 Dec 2010 09:00:00 EST December 1, 2010: Ron Sun, professor of cognitive science, said the new "Explicit-Implicit Interaction Theory," recently introduced in an article in Psychological Review, could be used for future artificial intelligence.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2798 01 Dec 2010 09:00:00 EST November 23, 2010: Luciano brings expertise in health care and life science research to the Tetherless World Research Constellation.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2796 23 Nov 2010 09:00:00 EST November 22, 2010: Greg DeAngelos wants to apply advances in neuroscience, cognitive science and psychology to economics.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2795 22 Nov 2010 08:00:00 EST November 17, 2010: For the second year in a row, a pair of Rensselaer students took first place at the annual Student Manufacturing Design Competition held by ASME.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2793 17 Nov 2010 08:00:00 EST November 15, 2010: The Rensselaer Tetherless World Research Constellation has figured out how to find relationships among the literally billions of bits of government data, culling it from different places on the Web, and combining it in imaginative ways in easy-to-use, visual forms.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2791 15 Nov 2010 08:00:00 EST November 11, 2010: A world leader in 3-D chip technology, Lu is honored by the International Microelectronics and Packaging Society.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2789 11 Nov 2010 09:00:00 EST November 4, 2010: Rensselaer today announced the new Center for Modeling, Simulation, and Imaging in Medicine (CeMSIM) within the School of Engineering.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2786 04 Nov 2010 08:00:00 EST November 1, 2010: The new Smart Lighting ERC has transformed a key building on the Institute’s storied campus into a test bed for high-efficiency lighting.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2784 01 Nov 2010 08:00:00 EST October 27, 2010: Researchers throughout Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute are coming together to develop a new interdisciplinary Data Science Research Center.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2785 27 Oct 2010 08:00:00 EST October 26, 2010: Researchers at Rensselaer developed a new method for using water to tune the band gap of the nanomaterial graphene.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2783 26 Oct 2010 08:00:00 EST October 13, 2010: A recent Research Scholar Grant from the American Cancer Society acknowledges the potential of Rensselaer researcher Lee Ligon's work on breast cancer. Ligon is investigating interactions between cells as breast cancer spreads within the body.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2779 13 Oct 2010 08:00:00 EST October 11, 2010: Computational physicist Vincent Meunier has joined Rensselaer as the Gail and Jeffrey L. Kodosky '70 Constellation Professor of Physics, Information Technology, and Entrepreneurship.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2777 11 Oct 2010 14:00:00 EST September 30, 2010: The NLPIP released its latest Specifier Report, to provide objective performance information on existing street lighting technologies.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2773 30 Sept 2010 09:00:00 EST September 29, 2010: Scientists within the Center for Biotechnology and Interdisciplinary Studies are using nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) to understand and improve an important protein purification process.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2772 29 Sept 2010 09:00:00 EST September 29, 2010: A $1.76 million study at Rensselaer seeks to identify new methods of diagnosing osteoporosis and inform the development of next-generation drugs to treat the bone disease.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2771 29 Sept 2010 09:00:00 EST September 27, 2010: Rensselaer researchers will study ways to overcome a key bottleneck slowing the proliferation of large-scale wind and solar power generation.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2770 27 Sept 2010 09:00:00 EST September 23, 2010: Scientists looked at the failure of coordination in sophisticated networks from the Web to flocking birds.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2769 23 Sept 2010 09:00:00 EST August 31, 2010: Mohammed J. Zaki has been selected for the 2010 HP Labs Innovation Research Program for his work searching for complex patterns in massive linked data.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2764 31 Aug 2010 14:00:00 EST August 30, 2010: James Myers has been selected by Rensselaer to lead the Computational Center for Nanotechnology Innovations (CCNI) at Rensselaer.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2763 30 Aug 2010 14:00:00 EST August 27, 2010: The new species (Corbicula fluminea) was located in the Village of Lake George and poses a serious threat to native mussels and the Lake George ecosystem, according to Sandra Nierzwicki-Bauer, director of the Rensselaer Darrin Fresh Water Institute.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2762 27 Aug 2010 14:00:00 EST August 16, 2010: Researchers at Rensselaer have created a nanoscale coating for surgical equipment, hospital walls, and other surfaces that safely eradicates MRSA.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2759 16 Aug 2010 14:00:00 EST August 2, 2010: The American Ceramic Society honored Minoru Tomozawa with the George W. Morey Award for his elegant technique for determining the fictive temperature of glass.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2758 02 Aug 2010 14:00:00 EST July 29, 2010: A recent study co-authored by Assistant Professor Dean Nieusma shows the technological quick-fixes will not meet the promise until technology bows to the larger context.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2756 29 July 2010 14:00:00 EST July 28, 2010: Researchers have found that an enzyme in the bacteria that causes cholera uses a previously unknown mechanism in providing the bacteria with energy. Because the enzyme is not found in most other organisms the finding offers insights into how drugs might be created to kill the bacteria without harming humans.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2755 28 July 2010 14:00:00 EST July 27, 2010: A research team, led by Pankaj Karande, is investigating methods for bypassing the blood-brain barrier and combating the spread of brain cancer.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2754 27 July 2010 14:00:00 EST July 26, 2010: In the spring, later sunset and extended daylight exposure delay bedtimes in teenagers, according to researchers at Rensselaer’s Lighting Research Center (LRC). Over time when coupled with having to rise early for school, this delay may lead to teen sleep deprivation and mood changes.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2753 26 July 2010 14:00:00 EST July 19, 2010: The New York Center for Astrobiology will widen the scope of its search for the building blocks of life beyond Earth with new NASA grant.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2751 19 July 2010 14:00:00 EST July 15, 2010: A team of interdisciplinary researchers led by Rensselaer has won a $2.3 million federal grant to develop a touch-sensitive virtual reality simulator that will standardize how surgeons are trained and certified to perform laparoscopic procedures.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2750 15 July 2010 14:00:00 EST July 13, 2010: More than $2 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy will help develop the next generation of nuclear technology at Rensselaer.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2749 13 July 2010 14:00:00 EST July 12, 2010: A major breakthrough in remote wave sensing by a team of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers opens the way for detecting hidden explosives, chemical or biological agents, and illegal drugs from a distance of 20 meters.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2748 12 July 2010 14:00:00 EST July 1, 2010: The project, led by Professor Jose Holguin-Veras, tested an intriguing solution to combat traffic congestion — financial incentives to downtown businesses for accepting deliveries at night.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2747 1 July 2010 14:00:00 EST June 24, 2010: In the split second before foot meets ball, a soccer player's body betrays whether a penalty kick will go left or right, according to recent research in cognitive science at Rensselaer In the split second before foot meets ball, a soccer player's body betrays whether a penalty kick will go left or right, according to recent research in cognitive science at Rensselaer.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2745 24 June 2010 14:00:00 EST June 22, 2010: In research led by Peter M. Tessier, an organic compound found in red wine — resveratrol — has been found to neutralize the toxic effects of proteins linked to Alzheimer’s disease.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2743 22 June 2010 14:00:00 EST June 21, 2010: Researchers at Rensselaer have developed a simple new method for producing large quantities of the promising nanomaterial graphene. The new technique works at room temperature, needs little processing, and paves the way for cost-effective mass production of graphene.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2742 21 June 2010 14:00:00 EST June 17, 2010: Professor Ron Eglash has received a five-year, $2.9 million National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant to support the development of “The Triple Helix” project that is dedicated to producing “civic scientists.”   http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2741 17 June 2010 14:00:00 EST June 16, 2010: Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new, ultra-simple method for making layers of gold that measure only billionths of a meter thick.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2739 16 June 2010 14:00:00 EST June 7, 2010: The Lighting Research Center has been working on a daylight-switching device called the DaySwitch®, designed for existing lighting fixtures.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2736 07 June 2010 14:00:00 EST June 1, 2010: A $1.3 million National Science Foundation grant awarded to Heidi Newberg, associate professor of physics, creates a ground-breaking partnership between U.S. scientists and the new Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) in China.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2735 01 June 2010 14:00:00 EST May 18, 2010: Rensselaer Researchers have developed a new nanotechnology-based “microlens” that uses gold to boost the strength of infrared imaging.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2727 18 May 2010 14:00:00 EST May 10, 2010: Researchers from Rensselaer will send an army of microorganisms into space to investigate new ways of preventing the spread of biofilms that could pose a threat to the health of astronauts.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2723 10 May 2010 14:00:00 EST May 4, 2010: Funded by the Army Research Lab, the new Social Cognitive Networks Academic Research Center is dedicated to the emerging discipline of network science. Researchers will investigate how technology impacts social interaction.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2721 03 May 2010 14:00:00 EST April 26, 2010: Three new studies illustrate why graphene should be the nanomaterial of choice to strengthen composite materials.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2715 26 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EST April 19, 2010: Students at Rensselaer are harnessing the strength of the sun to improve the situation at a Haitian school and in rural Peru.  http://green.rpi.edu/archives/esw/index.html 19 Apr 2010 09:00:00 EST April 12, 2010: The Rensselaer-DTU team is proposing to eliminate up to 30 percent of the world’s mercury pollution by creating an innovative mining method for artisanal miners.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2710 12 April 2010 09:00:00 EST April 8, 2010: A devastating personal experience inspired Rensselaer Professor Linda Layne to devote two decades to studying issues surrounding pregnancy loss.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2709 8 April 2010 09:00:00 EST April 8, 2010: Low-cost milk pasteurization, a system for generating energy for hot water, and a green approach to plush toy manufacturing been funded by the Class of ’51 Entrepreneurship Fund.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2708 8 April 2010 09:00:00 EST March 31, 2010: Fran Berman will kick off an April 1 symposium preserving our digital information.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2703 31 March 2010 09:00:00 EST March 26, 2010: Nikhil Koratkar is leading a $1 million study to develop new coatings for nanosensors that could lead to more efficient oil exploration.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2700 26 March 2010 09:00:00 EST March 24, 2010: A new project course, Asthmatic Spaces: New York, brings together students and faculty from diverse disciplines.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2699 24 March 2010 09:00:00 EST March 18, 2010: Rensselaer researchers are in Chile studying the aftershocks that continue to rattle the area following the massive Feb. 27 earthquake.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2696 18 March 2010 09:00:00 EST March 9, 2010: A Rensselaer undergraduate biology student recently looked into the murky water of a fish tank, checking on hundreds of zebra mussel larvae that she studied at Darrin Fresh Water Institute.  http://green.rpi.edu/archives/dfwi/index.html 09 March 2010 09:00:00 EST March 3, 2010: Javad Rafiee, a doctoral student in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering, is the winner of the 2010 Lemelson-MIT Rensselaer Student Prize. He has developed a new method to store hydrogen at room temperature.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2690 3 Mar 2010 11:00:00 EST March 1, 2010: Addressing one of the most urgent societal challenges of the Information Age - ensuring that valued digital information will be accessible not just today, but in the future - requires solutions that are at least as much economic and social as technical, according to a new report by a Blue Ribbon Task Force. The task force is co-chaired by Fran Berman, a senior leader at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2691 26 Feb 2010 11:00:00 EST March 1, 2010: Using advanced computer vision technology, researchers have discovered a new method for accurately predicting how stem cells will divide.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2688 1 Mar 2010 11:00:00 EST February 25, 2010: Rensselaer researchers are using math to develop a new computer model to predict how different environmental, medical, or physical changes to a person’s body will affect their sleep.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2687 25 Feb 2010 11:00:00 EST February 16, 2010: The first field study on the impact of light on teenagers’ sleeping habits finds that insufficient daily morning light exposure contributes to teenagers not getting enough sleep.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2686 16 Feb 2010 11:00:00 EST February 10, 2010: At this very moment, tens of thousands of home computers around the world are quietly working together to solve the largest and most basic mysteries of our galaxy.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2685 10 Feb 2010 11:00:00 EST February 3, 2010: Engineering professor Timothy Wei and students at Rensselaer, are employing science and technology to help the U.S. skeleton team trim track times and gain an edge over other sliders.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2683 03 Feb 2010 11:00:00 EST January 28, 2010: Rensselaer has so far received more than $10 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA).  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2681 28 Jan 2010 11:00:00 EST December 17, 2009: Researchers at Rensselaer are leading a $7 million project to develop a new comprehensive system for monitoring and assessing the condition of aging levees and dams.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2669 17 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST December 7, 2009: A floor-mounted cane and an electronic prescription pad are among the winning ideas in the Change the World Challenge contest.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2667 07 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST December 7, 2009: A recent zebra mussel eradication program led by scientists at Rensselaer’s Darrin Fresh WaterInstitute is now providing a promising example of how zebra mussel populations can be successfully controlled without damaging the natural ecosystem.  http://green.rpi.edu/archives/zebra_mussels/index.html 07 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST December 3, 2009: Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered a new, more precise method for measuring how much – or how little – nanoscale interfaces love water.   http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2665 03 Dec 2009 09:00:00 EST November 12, 2009: Novel nanomaterials developed at Rensselaer are scheduled to blast off into orbit aboard Space Shuttle Atlantis.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2658 12 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST November 6, 2009: Through incentives for nighttime deliveries, real-time traffic reporting, and improved safety, professors William Wallace and José Holguín-Veras are seeking to address the critical human elements of where, when, and how we drive.   http://green.rpi.edu/archives/green_transportation/index.html 6 Nov 2009 09:00:00 EST October 22, 2009: With $16.75 million in funding from ARL, Rensselaer will launch a center devoted to the study of social and cognitive networks.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2647 22 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST October 22, 2009: Miriam Katz has spent the past two decades studying ancient, deep-sea fossils to reconstruct the climates of Earth up to 250 million years ago.  http://green.rpi.edu/archives/fossils/index.html 22 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST October 21, 2009: The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the IEEE Computer Society (IEEE-CS) will jointly present the inaugural Ken Kennedy Award to Francine Berman, vice president for research at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Berman is being recognized for her efforts to build a national cyberinfrastructure.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2645 21 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST October 15, 2009: A new study under a grant from the Department of Defense and led by Suvranu De could lead to more effective performance of electronic shielding materials in satellites.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2643 15 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST October 1, 2009: Funded by a $1.1 million from ARRA, Web scientists at Rensselaer will use the World Wide Web to compile and share scientific data on an unprecedented scale.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2637 01 Oct 2009 09:00:00 EST September 16, 2009: With a $4.6 million grant, Rensselaer researchers will make final steps toward the development of a synthetic alternative to current heparin.  http://news.rpi.edu/update.do?artcenterkey=2631 16 Sept 2009 09:00:00 EST September 15, 2009: The Lally School announces the Lally Innovation Competition, designed to attract top entrepreneurial candidates to its MBA Program.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2629 15 Sept 2009 09:00:00 EST September 16, 2009: A group of ambitious Rensselaer students will soon sail up the Hudson River, propelled by pollution-free hydrogen fuel cells.  http://green.rpi.edu/archives/ncp/index.html 16 Sept 2009 09:00:00 EST September 8, 2009: Rensselaer Receives More Than $4.8 Million in Recovery Act Funding  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2620 08 Sept 2009 09:00:00 EST September 1, 2009: Just a few years ago, most conversations Christian Wetzel had about his research began with a quick explanation of LEDs. More recently he’s noticed that the mention of LEDs — light-emitting diodes — no longer prompts puzzled looks.  http://green.rpi.edu/archives/greenleds/ 01 Sept 2009 09:00:00 EST August 27, 2009: Satish Nambisan sees issues such as healthcare, energy, and education as an opportunity to foster collaboration and innovation  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2619 27 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EST August 24, 2009: An experimental heat transfer system designed by researchers at Rensselaer is scheduled to depart Earth on Aug. 25 aboard Space Shuttle Discovery.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2618 24 Aug 2009 09:00:00 EST July 9, 2009: Rensselaer Professor Michael Symans is among the team ofresearchers who will converge in the Japanese city of Miki toperform the largest earthquake simulation ever attempted on a wooden structure.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2604 9 July 2009 09:00:00 EST June 16, 2009: Mark Changizi has spent the past several years researching, writing, and challenging some of the most basic scientific assumptions about human vision.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2599 16 June 2009 09:00:00 EST June 9, 2009: A Rensselaer researcher reveals the molecular-level changes that occur within sperm after it enters the female reproductive tract.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2597 9 June 2009 09:00:00 EST June 8, 2009: Researchers have developed a new method using computer graphics to simulate and render an accurate visualization of a lunar eclipse.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2596 8 June 2009 09:00:00 EST June 2, 2009: Scientists at Rensselaer’s LRC have tested a goggle-like device designed to deliver blue light directly to the eyes to improve sleep quality in older adults.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2593 2 June 2009 09:00:00 EST May 26, 2009: Robert J. Linhardt, the Ann and John H. Broadbent Jr. ’59 Senior Constellation Professor of Biocatalysis and Metabolic Engineering at Rensselaer, has been named one of the Scientific American 10. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2591 26 May 2009 09:00:00 EST May 19, 2009: Research by a team led by Robert Linhardt, the Ann and John H. Broadbent Jr. ’59 Senior Constellation Professor of Biocatalysis and Metabolic Engineering, could provide an entirely new tool to combat the flu.  http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2587 19 May 2009 09:00:00 EST May 8, 2009: An opioid drug that Mark Wentland and his group discovered holds unusual promise for treating nervous system disorders and addiction. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2572 8 May 2009 09:00:00 EST April 10, 2009: A “smart” power strip that boosts energy efficiency, a simple water treatment and sanitation solution for people in developing countries, and a solar-powered brick maker are among the winning ideas in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s spring 2009 Change the World Challenge contest. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2559 10 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EST April 6, 2009: Francine Berman, High Performance Computing Endowed Chair at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) and director of the San Diego Supercomputer Center, will join Rensselaer as the vice president for research. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2555 6 Apr 2009 09:00:00 EST March 26, 2009: A new research discovery at Rensselaer could lead to tougher, more durable composite frames for aircraft, watercraft, and automobiles. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2549 26 Mar 2009 15:00:00 EST March 24, 2009: Researchers at Rensselaer have won a $1.6 million federal grant to develop new methods for manufacturing a key fuel cell component. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2548 24 Mar 2009 15:00:00 EST March 23, 2009: Two groups of Rensselaer researchers each have received a $1.08 million grant from New York through the state’s stem cell research initiative. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2547 23 Mar 2009 15:00:00 EST March 20, 2009: A team of Rensselaer students is among several collegiate teams from around the country that will showcase their innovative technologies during the National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) annual March Madness for the Mind exhibition. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2546 20 Mar 2009 15:00:00 EST March 19, 2009: A new study answers a key question at the very heart of nanotechnology: Why are nanorods so small? Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered the origins of nanorod diameter. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2545 19 Mar 2009 15:00:00 EST March 17, 2009: Researchers at Rensselaer have developed a new technique for growing slimmer copper nanorods, a key step for advancing integrated 3-D chip technology. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2542 17 Mar 2009 15:00:00 EST March 6, 2009: Ideas for a patent-pending detection system and a light therapy technology have both received funding by the Rensselaer Class of ’51 Student Entrepreneurship Award, established to help transform student ideas into successful ventures. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2540 6 Mar 2009 15:00:00 EST March 4, 2009: Yuehua “Tony” Yu, a doctoral student in Rensselaer’s Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, has developed a new method for harnessing the enormous potential of nanoparticles, which could lead to a new generation of medical devices, drug delivery technologies, and other applications. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2538 4 Mar 2009 15:00:00 EST February 23, 2009: In new research published in the online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Rensselaer Senior Constellation Professor George Makhatadze and colleagues detail a targeted strategy to substantially increase the thermodynamic stability of nearly any protein. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2536 23 Feb 2009 15:00:00 EST February 19, 2009: Researchers at Rensselaer have shown that creating drugs that inactivate a part of the matrix metalloproteinases enzyme could have the capacity to target the tumor without the damaging side effects. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2534 19 Feb 2009 15:00:00 EST February 3, 2009: When even the new president can’t be separated from his wireless device, two undergraduates from Rensselaer have developed an open source solution that combines smart personal financial management with your smartphone. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2531 3 Feb 2009 15:00:00 EST January 23, 2009: More than 12,000 high school students have filed applications to attend Rensselaer. Applications are still being counted, but the current record total represents a growth of more than 117 percent since 2005, when the Institute received just over 5,500 applications. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2529 23 Jan 2009 15:00:00 EST Jan. 20, 2009: Researchers at Rensselaer have discovered a new method for controlling the nature of graphene, bringing academia and industry closer to realizing the mass production of graphene-based nanoelectronics. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2528 20 Jan 2009 15:00:00 EST Jan. 12, 2009: Researchers at Rensselaer have developed and demonstrated a new type of light emitting diode (LED) with significantly improved lighting performance and energy efficiency. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2526 12 Jan 2009 15:00:00 EST Jan. 6, 2009: A study being led by researchers at Rensselaer is looking at what occurs in the development of children who have had a seizure that would lead to some eventually being diagnosed with epilepsy and others never having another seizure. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2525 6 Jan 2009 15:00:00 EST Dec. 18, 2008: A "revolution" in the way we illuminate our world is imminent, according to a paper published this week by two professors at Rensselaer. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2524 18 Dec 2008 15:00:00 EST Dec. 9, 2008: New research, led by cognitive scientist Mark Changizi of Rensselaer, shows why direct exposure to repeated ads initially increases a consumer’s preference for promoted product. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2521 9 Dec 2008 15:00:00 EST Dec. 8, 2008: Researchers at Rensselaer have developed and demonstrated a new method for detecting the magnetic behaviors of nanomaterials. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2520 24 Nov 2008 15:00:00 EST Nov. 24, 2008: With a $7.5 million grant from NASA, Rensselaer extends the search for life in the universe with the opening of the New York Center for Astrobiology, which will be part of the NASA Astrobiology Institute. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2517 24 Nov 2008 15:00:00 EST Nov. 24, 2008: After almost 75 years, researchers at Rensselaer have the technology to solve the apparent contradiction that Sir James Gray observed — the muscles of dolphins could not support the speed at which they traveled. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2518 24 Nov 2008 15:00:00 EST Nov. 14, 2008: On Friday, November 14, Rensselaer and the renowned architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill officially launched the Center for Architecture Science and Ecology (CASE). http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2512 14 Nov 2008 15:00:00 EST Nov. 4, 2008: Researchers at Rensselaer have developed a measurement technique that will help scientists and companies map nanomaterials as they grow. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2509 4 Nov 2008 15:00:00 EST Nov. 3, 2008: Researchers at Rensselaer have discovered and demonstrated a new method for overcoming two major hurdles facing solar energy. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2507 3 Nov 2008 15:00:00 EST October 31, 2008: Trustee Thomas R. Baruch has given a gift that will help to establish a new center devoted to bio-energy research. The Baruch '60 Center for Biochemical Solar Energy Research will conduct unprecedented research on biochemical solar technology. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2508 31 Oct 2008 15:00:00 EST October 6, 2008: A new research center at Rensselaer, funded by a five-year, $18.5 million grant from the National Science Foundation, aims to supplant the common light bulb with next-generation lighting devices that are smarter, greener, and ripe for innovation. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2503 3 Oct 2008 15:00:00 EST September 24, 2008: Arturo Estrella, professor of economics and new head of the economics department at Rensselaer, says that a model he developed forecasted the current economic slowdown at least one year before it became apparent to most observers. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2496 23 Sept 2008 15:00:00 EST September 22, 2008: Researchers at Rensselaer have designed and tested an adaptive liquid lens that captures 250 pictures per second and requires considerably less energy to operate than competing technologies. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2494 22 Sept 2008 15:00:00 EST September 11, 2008: The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer has earned the notable distinction of receiving one of only 13 first-ever research grants awarded by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2491 11 Sept 2008 15:00:00 EST September 9, 2008: Scientists in the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer have developed the first ever comprehensive method for predicting and measuring various aspects of light pollution. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2489 9 Sept 2008 15:00:00 EST September 3, 2008: A new six-year, $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will allow researchers at Rensselaer to investigate how different civil infrastructures within a city or county interact with each other after a disaster. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2488 3 Sept 2008 15:00:00 EST August 29, 2008: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission awarded two grants totaling $850,000 to boost nuclear engineering education, research, and workforce development at Rensselaer. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2487 29 Aug 2008 15:00:00 EST August 28, 2008: A new study from a scientist at Rensselaer has uncovered a truly eye-opening advantage to using two eyes to see the world around us: our ability to see through things. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2486 28 Aug 2008 15:00:00 EST August 18, 2008: Ravi S. Kane, professor of chemical and biological engineering at Rensselaer, has won the 2008 Young Investigator Award from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers' Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2481 18 Aug 2008 15:00:00 EST August 17, 2008: At the national conference of the American Chemical Society on August 17, 2008, Robert Linhardt announced that his research team is building the largest dose of the first fully synthetic heparin ever created in the lab. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2480 17 Aug 2008 15:00:00 EST August 7, 2008: A fluids mechanics professor at Rensselaer is using experimental flow measurement techniques to help American swimmers sharpen their strokes, shave seconds from their lap times, and race toward a gold medal in Beijing this summer. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2477 08 Aug 2008 15:00:00 EST August 7, 2008: An international team of researchers has identified just 200 positions within the curves of the DNA helix that they believe capture much of the genetic diversity in European Americans, a population with one of the most diverse and complex historic origins on Earth. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2479 07 Aug 2008 15:00:00 EST July 23, 2008: A Rensselaer researcher has begun to develop a technique to turn our eyes and visual system into a programmable computer. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2472 23Jul 2008 15:00:00 EST July 17, 2008: A new technique for growing single-crystal nanorods and controlling their shape using biomolecules could enable the development of smaller, more powerful heat pumps and devices that harvest electricity from heat. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2471 17 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EST July 16, 2008: A study by researchers in Rensselaer's Lighting Research Center (LRC) provides a new framework for studying the effects of circadian disruption on breast cancer, obesity, sleep disorders, and other health problems. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2470 16 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EST July 2, 2008: The normal nematodes in Fern Finger's lab move in beautiful S-shaped curves across their Petri dish. But the dish also contains worms with a very specific genetic defect, which are identified as the clumsiest dancers on the dance floor. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2466 01 Jul 2008 15:00:00 EST June 26, 2008: A new study from researchers at Rensselaer shows that by adding an invisible layer of the nanomaterials to the bottom of a metal vessel, an order of magnitude less energy is required to bring water to boil. This increase in efficiency could have a big impact on cooling computer chips, improving heat transfer systems, and reducing costs for industrial boiling applications. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2464 26 Jun 2008 15:00:00 EST June 23, 2008: Researchers at the Darrin Fresh Water Institute of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed one of the most comprehensive databases in existence on the impacts of acid rain at the foundation of the biological community. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2461 23 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST June 6, 2008: In a new study published in the June issue of Neuroscience Letters, researchers have demonstrated that when it comes to the circadian system, not all light exposure is created equal. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2456 6 Jun 2008 12:00:00 EST May 27, 2008: James Jian-Qiang Lu will be recognized this week for research and technical achievements toward the design and realization of 3-D integrated computer chips. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2452 27 May 2008 12:00:00 EST May 15, 2008: Mark Changizi claims the visual system has evolved to compensate for neural delays, allowing it to generate perceptions of what will occur one-tenth of a second into the future. Some common optical illusions are explained by this compensation. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2448 15 May 2008 12:00:00 EST May 6, 2008: An undergraduate student at Rensselaer has learned very quickly that a spoonful of sugar really does help the medicine go down. In fact, with his invention, the sugar may actually be the medicine. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2432 6 May 2008 12:00:00 EST April 25, 2008: The mysterious death of patients around the world following a routine dosage of the common blood thinner, heparin, sent researchers on a frantic search to uncover what could make the standard drug so toxic. A researcher at Rensselaer was among a small group of scientists with the expertise and the high-tech equipment necessary to determine the source of the contamination. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2427 25 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EST April 16, 2008: A handheld device to detect skin cancer and a disposable robot capable of removing land mines are just two of the winning ideas in the Change the World Challenge, which supports entrepreneurship education and stimulates ideas to improve the human condition http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2424 16 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EST March 14, 2008: Ideas for a "wired" law enforcement badge and an online ordering platform have both received funding as the winners of Rensselaer's Class of '51 Entrepreneurship Fund, established to help transform student ideas into sustainable ventures. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2414 14 Mar 2008 13:00:00 EST March 13, 2008: Researchers at Rensselaer have created a road map that brings academia and the semiconductor industry one step closer to realizing carbon nanotube interconnects, and alleviating the current bottleneck of information flow. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2412 13 Mar 2008 13:00:00 EST March 10, 2008: A group of researchers from Rensselaer is working to engineer Second Life characters with the capacity to have beliefs and to reason about the beliefs of others. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2410 10 Mar 2008 13:00:00 EST February 28, 2008: Martin Schubert, a doctoral student in electrical, computer, and systems engineering, has developed the first polarized LED, an innovation that could vastly improve LCD screens, conserve energy, and usher in the next generation of ultra-efficient LEDs. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2406 28 Feb 2008 13:00:00 EST February 26, 2008: The Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer has launched an initiative, called the Lighting Technology Greenhouse, to support the growth of new and existing lighting companies in and around New York state. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2405 26 Feb 2008 13:00:00 EST February 19, 2008: Researchers at Rensselaer in a project led by Theodorian Borca-Tasciuc have demonstrated that liquids embedded with nanoparticles show enhanced performance and stability when exposed to electric fields. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2402 19 Feb 2008 13:00:00 EST January 28, 2008: Researchers at Rensselaer and Polyset Company have developed a new inexpensive, quick-drying polymer that could lead to dramatic cost savings and efficiency gains in semiconductor manufacturing and computer chip packaging. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2394 22 Jan 2008 09:00:00 EST January 22, 2008: Researchers at Rensselaer and Rice University have created the darkest material ever made by man. The material absorbs more than 99.9 percent of light. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2393 22 Jan 2008 09:00:00 EST January 17, 2008: Two theoretical physicists at Rensselaer have uncovered what they believe is the long-sought-after pathway that an HIV peptide takes to enter healthy cells. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2392 17 Jan 2008 09:00:00 EST January 8, 2008: A new study by a management professor at Rensselaer suggests that the prevalence of telecommuters in an office can adversely impact coworkers who do not telecommute in terms of their job satisfaction. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2387 08 Jan 2008 09:00:00 EST January 8, 2008: Jacob Fish, the Rosalind and John J. Redfern Chaired Professor of Engineering at Rensselaer and director of the university's Multiscale Science and Engineering Center, has been elected a fellow of the American Academy of Mechanics http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2386 08 Jan 2008 09:00:00 EST December 19, 2007: Rensselaer professor E. Fred Schubert and doctoral student Brian Schulkin have been named to the 2007 Scientific American 50 — the magazine's prestigious annual list recognizing leadership in science and technology from the past year. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2378 19 Dec 2007 09:00:00 EST December 18, 2007: Researchers from Rensselaer have developed a new set of modeling tools that could enable safer, more accurate, and more effective radiation therapy and nuclear medicine imaging procedures for pregnant women. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2377 18 Dec 2007 09:00:00 EST December 17, 2007: A new biochip technology could eliminate animal testing in the chemicals and cosmetics industries, and drastically curtail its use in the development of new pharmaceuticals. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2376 17 Dec 2007 09:00:00 EST December 9, 2007: Researchers at Rensselaer, on a team led by Ravi S. Kane, have developed a new way to seek out specific proteins, including dangerous proteins such as anthrax toxin, and render them harmless using nothing but light. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2369 9 Dec 2007 09:00:00 EST December 5, 2007: Ecovative Design LLC, a company started by two recent graduates of Rensselaer, was recently awarded £10,000 (approximately $20,500 U.S.) as a winner of the 21st Century Challenge Competition — hosted by Oxford University's Saïd Business School. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2368 5 Dec 2007 09:00:00 EST November 29, 2007: Leslie Hayden's research into deep Earth interactions has led to some important findings, particularly for someone so new to the field, and the scientific world is paying attention. Hayden, a graduate student at Rensselaer, is first author on a paper to be published in the scientific journal Nature. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2362 29 Nov 2007 09:00:00 EST November 13, 2007: Two Rensselaer student start-up companies — Ecovative Design LLC and JDAxis Corporation — took first and second place at this year's inaugural Innovation Showcase competition. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2355 13 Nov 2007 09:00:00 EST November 8, 2007: Engineers at Rensselaer have transformed a polymer found in common brown seaweed into a device that can support the growth and release of stem cells at the site of a bodily injury or at the source of a disease. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2351 08 Nov 2007 09:00:00 EST November 1, 2007: Rensselaer is leading a $3 million research project that will pair two of the world's most powerful supercomputers to boost the safety and reliability of next-generation nuclear power reactors. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2344 01 Nov 2007 09:00:00 EST October 23, 2007: Blocks of carbon nanotubes can be used to create effective and powerful pressure sensors, according to a new study by researchers at Rensselaer. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2339 23 Oct 2007 09:00:00 EST October 23, 2007: Chang Y. Ryu, polymer chemist from Rensselaer, is the recipient of a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to support a partnership between American and Korean researchers. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2340 23 Oct 2007 09:00:00 EST October 9, 2007: Researchers at Rensselaer have won a competitive $1.2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation to identify the perfect combination of technology and financial incentives that could help alleviate daytime traffic congestion and boost economic growth in New York City. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2323 9 Oct 2007 09:00:00 EST September 27, 2007: Researchers at Rensselaer have developed a simple new technique for identifying and repairing small, potentially dangerous cracks in high-performance aircraft wings and many other structures made from polymer composites. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2321 27 Sep 2007 09:00:00 EST September 24, 2007: Researchers at Rensselaer have created a razor-like material that is truly on the "cutting edge" of nanotechnology. Called nanoblades, these first-of-their-kind magnesium nanomaterials challenge conventional wisdom about nanostructure growth, and could have applications in energy storage and fuel cell technology. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2318 24 Sep 2007 09:00:00 EST September 20, 2007: A group of computer scientists, mathematicians, and biologists from around the world have developed a computer algorithm that can help trace the genetic ancestry of thousands of individuals in minutes, without any prior knowledge of their background. The team's findings will be published in the September 2007 edition of the journal PLoS Genetics. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2315 20 Sep 2007 09:00:00 EST September 20, 2007: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute had an impressive showing at the 234th American Chemical Society Meeting held in late August. Along with professor Jonathan S. Dordick winning a pair of major awards, nearly 60 faculty, researchers, and students presented papers and research findings on diverse topics ranging from proteomics to bioinformatics and the design of functional nanostructure materials. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2314 19 Sep 2007 09:00:00 EST September 19, 2007: Rensselaer geochemists are challenging commonly held ideas about how gases are expelled from Earth. Their theory, which is described in the Sept. 20 issue of the journal Nature, could change the way scientists view the formation of Earth's atmosphere and those of our distant neighbors, Mars and Venus. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2311 19 Sep 2007 09:00:00 EST September 17, 2007: Rich Radke was one of a dozen researchers to participate in the 2007 CS Study Panel, a competitive program administered by the Institute for Defense Analyses for the DoD's Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2310 10 Sep 2007 09:00:00 EST September 14, 2007: George Makhatadze is a designer. But instead of expensive jeans and haute handbags, he is creating custom proteins that could improve everything from medication to detergent. Makhatadze is bringing his expertise in biology, chemistry, and computation to Rensselaer as a chaired professor in the Biocomputation and Bioinformatics research constellation. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2309 10 Sep 2007 09:00:00 EST September 10, 2007: Engineers at Rensselaer have developed tools to help solve two of the main problems slowing the progress of stem cell research - how to quickly test stem cell response to different drugs or genes, and how to create a large supply of healthy, viable stem cells to study from only a few available cells. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2307 10 Sep 2007 09:00:00 EST September 10, 2007: A new partnership between Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Sandia National Laboratories, and a select group of leading universities and corporations will present Rensselaer graduate students with a host of new cutting-edge internship and research experiences. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2305 10 Sep 2007 09:00:00 EST September 7, 2007: Scientists have long known that the human body runs like clockwork, guided by a circadian system that responds to daily patterns of light and darkness. Now a team of researchers is developing a personal device to measure daily light intake and activity, which could allow them to predict optimal timing for light therapy to synchronize the circadian clock to the 24-hour solar day and relieve psychosocial stress. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2303 07 Sep 2007 09:00:00 EST August 29, 2007: As summer temperatures cool in the United States, fewer mosquitoes whir around our tiki torches. But mosquitoes swarming around nearly 40 percent of the world's population will continue to spread a deadly parasitic disease — malaria. Now an interdisciplinary team led by researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has found a key link that causes malarial infection in both humans and mosquitoes. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2302 29 Aug 2007 09:00:00 EST August 13, 2007: Researchers at Rensselaer have developed a new energy storage device that easily could be mistaken for a simple sheet of black paper. The nanoengineered battery is lightweight, ultra thin, completely flexible, and geared toward meeting the trickiest design and energy requirements of tomorrow's gadgets, implantable medical equipment, and transportation vehicles. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2280 13 Aug 2007 08:00:00 EST July 23, 2007: Saroj Nayak, associate professor of physics, has worked with graduate student Philip Shemella and others for two years to determine how graphene's extremely efficient conductive properties can be exploited for use in nanoelectronics. After running dozens of robust computer simulations, the group has demonstrated for the first time that the length, as well as the width, of graphene directly impacts the material's conduction properties. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2253 23 Jul 2007 13:00:00 EST July 2, 2007: The ability of carbon nanotubes to withstand repeated stress yet retain their structural and mechanical integrity is similar to the behavior of soft tissue, according to a new study from Rensselaer. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2217 02 Jul 2007 08:00:00 EST June 29, 2007: A new study by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, ATT Labs, and the University of Nevada, Reno suggests that an Internet where all traffic is treated identically would require significantly more capacity than one in which differentiated services are offered. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2204 29 Jun 2007 08:00:00 EST June 27, 2007: The new supercomputer at Rensselaer has been ranked seventh in the world, and it is the most powerful of any system based at a university, according to the 29th edition of the closely watched Top500 list. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2200 27 Jun 2007 08:00:00 EST June 18, 2007: Mimicking the agile gecko, with its uncanny ability to run up walls and across ceilings, has long been a goal of materials scientists. Researchers at Rensselaer and the University of Akron have taken one sticky step in the right direction, creating synthetic "gecko tape" with four times the sticking power of the real thing. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2200 18 Jun 2007 08:00:00 EST June 14, 2007: Specialized pulsed lasers have been used to inject individual cells with a variety of materials, but little is known about how this type of injection might affect living cells. For the first time, researchers at Rensselaer have analyzed this nanoscale injection process on living cells and discovered that minor changes in the intensity of the laser could mark the difference between a healthy cell and a dead one. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2188 14 Jun 2007 08:00:00 EST June 6, 2007: Researchers at Rensselaer have developed a new method of compacting carbon nanotubes into dense bundles. These tightly packed bundles are efficient conductors and could one day replace copper as the primary interconnects used on computer chips and even hasten the transition to next-generation 3-D stacked chips. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2186 06 Jun 2007 08:00:00 EST May 30, 2007: With a $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), researchers from Rensselaer are developing a physics-based virtual model that can simulate a patient's breathing in real time. When used in conjunction with existing 3-D models, adding the fourth dimension of time could significantly improve the accuracy and effectiveness of radiation treatment for lung and liver cancers. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2169 30 May 2007 08:00:00 EST May 29, 2007: Researchers at Rensselaer are challenging current thinking on the causes and prevention of Alzheimer's disease, offering a new hypothesis that could be the key to preventing this form of dementia. The researchers have found that a specific imbalance between two peptides may be the cause of the fatal neurological disease that affects more than five million people in the United States. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2168 29 May 2007 08:00:00 EST May 18, 2007: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute today offered the first glimpse of what is planned to be the world's most powerful university-based supercomputing center. The Computational Center for Nanotechnology Innovations (CCNI) is designed to continue advancing semiconductor technology to the nanoscale, while also enabling key nanotechnology innovations in the fields of energy, biotechnology, arts, and medicine. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2157 18 May 2007 08:00:00 EST May 16, 2007: Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method to bond materials that don't normally stick together. The team's adhesive, which is based on self-assembling nanoscale chains, could impact everything from next-generation computer chip manufacturing to energy production. http://news.rpi.edu/campusnews/update.do?artcenterkey=2156 16 May 2007 08:00:00 EST April 16 2007: With a major grant from the Office of Naval Affairs, Rensselaer researchers are collaborating with four other universities to address a hot topic in today's military: how to keep modern ships cool in extreme environments. http://news.rpi.edu:80/update.do?artcenterkey=2087 16 Apr 2007 08:00:00 EST March 29, 2007: New research suggests that carbon nanotubes may soon be integrated into cell phones, digital audio players, and personal digital assistants to help ensure the equipment does not overheat, malfunction, or fail. http://news.rpi.edu:80/campusnews/update.do?artcenterkey=1960 29 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST March 26, 2007: Nanomaterials are being used in everything from golf clubs to computer circuitry, but little is known about the effects these minuscule materials could have on our health and environment. Rensselaer scientists recently worked to better understand the effect of nanomaterials on both mammalian cells and bacteria. http://news.rpi.edu:80/campusnews/update.do?artcenterkey=2037 26 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST March 22, 2007: The 2004 Sumatra-Andaman earthquake and resulting tsunami are now infamous for the damage they caused, but at the time many scientists believed this area was unlikely to create a quake of such magnitude. In the March 23 issue of the journal Science, geophysicist Rob McCaffrey urges the public and policy makers to consider all subduction-type tectonic boundaries to be "locked, loaded, and dangerous." http://www.rpi.edu/news/research/032207-earthquake.html?artcenterkey=2034 22 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST March 12, 2007: You might want to reconsider your feelings about bacteria. These microscopic creatures have been assaulted by hand soap and antibacterial gels, but a shining star among these organisms could one day transform the way we remove polychlorinated biphenyls from our environment. Rensselaer researchers have discovered an organism that could be the key to developing methods that help detoxify commercial PCB compounds on site — without the need for dredging. http://news.rpi.edu:80/campusnews/update.do?artcenterkey=1973 12 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST March 12, 2007: Rensselaer researchers have discovered what likely triggered the eruption of a "supervolcano" that coated much of the western half of the United States with ash fallout 760,000 years ago. Their research sheds light on what causes these large-scale, explosive eruptions, and it could help geologists develop methods to predict such eruptions in the future. http://news.rpi.edu:80/campusnews/update.do?artcenterkey=1971 12 Mar 2007 08:00:00 EST