Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's online research magazine. http://www.rpi.edu/dept/metasite/research/magazine/ en-us 2007-2011 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Researchers explore Adinkra patterns, biofuels, and HIV prevention in Ghana. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/fall10/eglash-1.html Thursday, 6 January 2011 09:00:00 GMT Rensselaer sociologists study water resources in Rwanda. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/fall10/water-1.html Thursday, 6 January 2011 09:00:00 GMT A team of geophysicists led by Professor Steven Roecker traveled to Chile in March to study the scope and strength of aftershocks. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/fall10/chile-1.html Thursday, 6 January 2011 09:00:00 GMT Sustainable solutions for staple crop production, solar energy for schools in Haiti, and novel "green" systems for air filtration. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/fall10/solar-1.html Thursday, 6 January 2011 09:00:00 GMT A new method for using water to tune the band gap of the nanomaterial graphene. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/fall10/koratkar-1.html Thursday, 6 January 2011 09:00:00 GMT Ground breaking research in breast cancer, osteoporosis, and the purification of drug components. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/fall10/drug-1.html Thursday, 6 January 2011 09:00:00 GMT Rensselaer has emerged as a leader in Web science education, semantic Web research, and the study of social cognitive networks. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/summer10/web-1.html Thursday, 22 July 2010 09:00:00 GMT The LRC has been working on a daylight-switching device called the DaySwitch designed for existing lighting fixtures. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/summer10/alzheimers-1.html Thursday, 22 July 2010 09:00:00 GMT An organic compound found in red wine has the ability to neutralize the toxic effects of proteins linked to Alzheimer’s disease. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/summer10/dayswitch-1.html Thursday, 22 July 2010 09:00:00 GMT Program focuses on developers who will do the research needed to invent the games and technology for the next generation. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/summer10/game-1.html Thursday, 22 July 2010 09:00:00 GMT Recent studies involving Nikhil Koratkar, professor in the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, and Nuclear Engineering at Rensselaer, have furthered our understanding of next generation nanocomposites. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/summer10/graphene-1.html Thursday, 22 July 2010 09:00:00 GMT Insufficient morning light contributes to teenagers not getting enough sleep, and mathematical models facilitate understanding of the sleep-wake cycle. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/winter09-10/sleep-1.html Tuesday, 23 March 2010 09:00:00 GMT Lemelson-MIT Rensselaer Student Prize winner Javad Rafiee has developed a new method for storing hydrogen at room temperature. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/winter09-10/lemelson-1.html Tuesday, 23 March 2010 09:00:00 GMT Professor Timothy Wei and his students are helping the U.S. skeleton team trim track times and gain an edge over other sliders. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/winter09-10/olympics-1.html Tuesday, 23 March 2010 09:00:00 GMT Volunteers fare donating computing power to help computer scientists and astronomers map the Milky Way galaxy. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/winter09-10/milky-1.html Tuesday, 23 March 2010 09:00:00 GMT Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered a new method for predicting - with up to 99 percent accuracy - the fate of stem cells. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/winter09-10/stemcell-1.html Tuesday, 23 March 2010 09:00:00 GMT Space Shuttles Atlantis and Discovery carried experiments by Rensselaer professors to the International Space Station. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/fall09/space-1.html Thursday, 31 Dec 2009 09:00:00 GMT Researchers have received a grant from the U.S. Air Force to create a laboratory to develop next-generation radar systems. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/fall09/radar-1.html Thursday, 31 Dec 2009 09:00:00 GMT 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://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/fall09/fossils-1.html Thursday, 31 Dec 2009 09:00:00 GMT Research findings show that social innovation increasingly occurs not within a single organization but via platforms for collaboration. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/fall09/blueprint-1.html Thursday, 31 Dec 2009 09:00:00 GMT Sustainable transportation is not only about what is under the hood of your car. It is also about how you use it. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/fall09/transportation-1.html Thursday, 31 Dec 2009 09:00:00 GMT Web scientists at Rensselaer will use the World Wide Web to compile and share scientific data on an unprecedented scale. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/fall09/web-1.html Thursday, 31 Dec 2009 09:00:00 GMT Senior Constellation Professor George Makhatadze and his colleagues use computers to create new and improved versions of two human enzymes. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/spring09/proteins-1.html Tuesday, 9 Jun 2009 09:00:00 GMT Yuehua "Tony" Yu has developed a new method for harnessing the enormous potential of nanoparticle. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/spring09/lemelson-1.html Tuesday, 9 Jun 2009 09:00:00 GMT Researchers use streamlined polarization to significantly improve lighting performance and energy efficiency of Light Emitting Diodes. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/spring09/droop-1.html Tuesday, 9 Jun 2009 09:00:00 GMT Recent innovations in nanotechnology include increasing durability of composite frames, growing slimmer copper nanorods, and creating a new class of magnetic materials. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/spring09/nano-1.html Tuesday, 9 Jun 2009 09:00:00 GMT By inactivating a different part of the MMP enzyme, drugs could potentially target a tumor without the damaging side effects. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/spring09/page_mccaw-1.html Tuesday, 9 Jun 2009 09:00:00 GMT Students have developed an application for the iPhone that allows users to log, track, and manage their personal spending. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/spring09/iphone-1.html Tuesday, 9 Jun 2009 09:00:00 GMT A Rensselaer researcher uses fluid mechanics to help athletes sharpen strokes. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/winter08/swim-1.html Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:00:00 GMT Researchers have isolated ancestral clues and have discovered the impact of the gene unc-85. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/winter08/dna-1.html Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:00:00 GMT New LRC technology enables study of the effects of lighting on human and animal behavior. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/winter08/lighting-1.html Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:00:00 GMT Larger amounts of fully synthetic heparin could be ready for use in patients in five years. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/winter08/heparin-1.html Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:00:00 GMT New method induces, suppresses branching of nanorods. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/winter08/boiling-1.html Fri, 6 Feb 2009 09:00:00 GMT Reflects light weakly, absorbs light strongly: Researchers have created the darkest material ever made by man. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/spring08/darkest-1.html Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT Two theoretical physicists describe the motion of interstellar shock waves - violent events associated with the birth of stars and planets. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/spring08/cosmic-1.html Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT A new biochip could eliminate animal testing in chemicals, cosmetics, and pharmaceuticals industries. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/spring08/biochip-1.html Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT Discovery furthers the push to develop healing uses for a deadly virus. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/spring08/hiv-1.html Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT New technology could enable innovative cancer treatment techniques and antibacterial coatings. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/spring08/anthrax-1.html Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:00:00 GMT The creation of highly detailed supercomputer models of a new proposed type of nuclear reactor. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/winter0708/nuclear-1.html Fri, 15 Apr 2008 09:00:00 GMT Leslie Hayden, who recently earned her Ph.D. at Rensselaer, didn't shy away from a controversial topic in her studies. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/winter0708/hayden-1.html Fri, 15 Apr 2008 09:00:00 GMT Researchers have created a razor-like material that is truly on the "cutting edge" of nanotechnology. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/winter0708/nanoblades-1.html Fri, 15 Apr 2008 09:00:00 GMT A small amount of carbon nanotubes can go a long way toward enhancing the strength and safety of polymer composites. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/winter0708/nanorepair-1.html Fri, 15 Apr 2008 09:00:00 GMT Blocks of carbon nanotubes can create effective and powerful pressure sensors, according to a new study. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/winter0708/nanosensors-1.html Fri, 15 Apr 2008 09:00:00 GMT An interdisciplinary team has found a key link that causes malarial infection in both humans and mosquitoes. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/fall2007/malaria-1.html Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:00:00 GMT Geochemists are challenging commonly held ideas about how gases are expelled from the Earth. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/fall2007/argon-1.html Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:00:00 GMT The recently opened Computational Center for Nanotechnology Innovations (CCNI) is the world's most powerful university-based computing center. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/fall2007/ccni-1.html Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:00:00 GMT Researchers have developed a new energy storage device that could be mistaken for a simple sheet of black paper. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/fall2007/batteries-1.html Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:00:00 GMT A new computer algorithm can help trace the genetic ancestry of thousands of individuals, without prior knowledge of their background. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/fall2007/dna-1.html Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:00:00 GMT At Rensselaer, our undergradute students are working alongside some of the world's leading researchers. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/fall2007/studentresearch-1.html Mon, 15 Oct 2007 09:00:00 GMT Rensselaer researchers have created a synthetic "gecko tape" with four times the sticking power of the real thing. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/summer07/geckotape1.html Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:00:00 GMT Researchers were awarded a major NIH grant to develop a 4-D virtual patient model. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/summer07/virtual_patient1.html Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:00:00 GMT A new method of compacting carbon nanotubes into dense bundles has been developed. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/summer07/nanotubes1.html Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:00:00 GMT A key discovery could help advance the role of graphene in nanoelectronics. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/summer07/graphene1.html Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:00:00 GMT The new supercomputer at Rensselaer is the most powerful based at a university. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/summer07/ccni1.html Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:00:00 GMT Rensselaer's Undergraduate Research Forum showcased a variety of research projects conducted in many areas of science and engineering. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/summer07/undergraduate_research1.html Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:00:00 GMT Wilfredo Colon and Christopher Bystroff make a formidable research team, working together to better understand why proteins sometimes become trapped in a specific structure. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/spring07/proteins.html Tue, 15 May 2007 09:00:00 GMT Research collaborators cross disciplines to explore the electrical insulating potential of this burgeoning new field. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/spring07/nanodielectrics.html Tue, 15 May 2007 09:00:00 GMT The new adhesive could impact everything from chip manufacturing to energy production. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/spring07/nanoglue.html Tue, 15 May 2007 09:00:00 GMT Researchers have created the world's first material that reflects virtually no light. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/spring07/antireflection.html Tue, 15 May 2007 09:00:00 GMT Researchers are challenging current thinking on the causes and prevention of Alzheimer's disease. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/spring07/yinyang.html Tue, 15 May 2007 09:00:00 GMT More than 760,000 years ago, searing ash rained from the skies, blanketing half the United States. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/spring07/supervolcano.html Tue, 15 May 2007 09:00:00 GMT Zhao brings a unique background and focused vision to the School of Science that extends far beyond that of a traditional administrator. http://www.rpi.edu/research/magazine/spring07/focus.html Tue, 15 May 2007 09:00:00 GMT