Maquat wins Wiley Prize in biomedical sciences
Lynne E. Maquat, Ph.D., the J. Lowell Orbison Endowed Chair and Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at...
Low levels of alcohol prove good for the brain
While a couple of glasses of wine can help clear the mind after a busy day, new research shows that...
Naked mole rats’ long, cancer-free life
With their large buck teeth and wrinkled, hairless bodies, naked mole rats won’t be winning any awards for cutest rodent....
Lungs may hold key to brain damage
The harm caused by a stroke can be exacerbated when immune cells rush to the brain an inadvertently make the...
Research is changing the game for melanoma
Wilmot Cancer Institute patients with advanced melanoma (stage III) now have more options for treatment, thanks to research co-authored by...
Giving Back: What Motivates Us?
For many years, psychologists believed that outside factors such as pressure, obligation, or rewards played a central role in personal...
Compound can revamp energy storage for large grids
University of Rochester researchers, working with colleagues at the University at Buffalo, believe they have found a promising compound that...
Chemists untangle quantum dot mystery
In a paper in Nature Communications, Todd Krauss, professor and chair of the Department of Chemistry at the University of...
Computing and connecting
It may sound odd that Euakarn (Som) Liengtiraphan ’17 uses words like “magic” and “empowerment” in describing computer science, but...
A robotic hand with brains
Gripping a pencil is not the same as picking up a baseball, especially for robots, which lack the versatility and...