Researchers in Rensselaer's Lighting Research Center show that insufficient morning light contributes to teenagers not getting enough sleep. And, researchers in the mathematics department are creating models to better understand the sleep-wake cycle, and how it can go awry. Read more.
A Semester in the Adirondacks:
Undergraduate biology student Nicole Nolan recently looked into the murky water of a fish tank, checking on hundreds of zebra mussel larvae that she studied in the laboratories of the Darrin Fresh Water Institute.
Her study was part of a full semester of research and courses that included measuring fish in some of the most inaccessible lakes in the Adirondacks, releasing young pheasants to the wild, and doing lab work to provide information on how to control damaging invasives such as zebra mussels. Read more.
Lemelson-MIT Rensselaer Student Prize winner Javad Rafiee has developed a new method for storing hydrogen at room temperature.
Professor Timothy Wei and his students are helping the U.S. skeleton team trim track times and gain an edge over other sliders.
Volunteers from Africa to Australia are donating computing power to help computer scientists and astronomers map the Milky Way galaxy.
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered a new method for predicting — with up to 99 percent accuracy — the fate of stem cells.
Rensselaer Research Review is published by the Division of Strategic Communications & External Relations (SCER). Web site design by Steven Morris, SCER Web Communications. Produced by Ellen Katzman, Web Producer. Edited by Ellen Katzman, Web Producer. Podcast by Colleen Carey ’01.
