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Rochester Academy of Science 2020-2021 First Place Undergraduate Student Research Grant Award Winner Juliana South, University of Rochester. Attenuation in Granular Materials.
Juliana South, University of Rochester. Attenuation in Granular Materials. Sponsor: Alice Quillen, Ph.D., Professor of Physics and Astronomy.
To improve understanding of the transmission of energy in granular materials, we propose to carry out laboratory attenuation experiments on dry gravel through the administration of pulses and signals. With the current conflict between the jolt and seismic reverberation attenuation models in the literature we aim to differentiate between the two models in our regime by making a precise measurement of attenuation.
Room temperature superconductor? Rochester lab sets new record toward long-sought goal
Tue, 30 Mar 2021
In a pair of studies, University physical scientists synthesized new superconducting materials, developing processes that may help ‘open the door to many potential applications.’
Laser-driven experiments provide insights into the formation of the universe
Thu, 25 Mar 2021
Researchers at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics have captured for the first time in a laboratory setting the process thought to be responsible for generating and sustaining astrophysical magnetic fields.
New research on carbon cracks open secrets deep inside exoplanets
Wed, 27 Jan 2021
Measuring carbon at the highest pressures ever achieved in a laboratory, researchers at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics report first model of the carbon structures that may make up planets outside the solar system.
Science offers hope during dark times
Thu, 21 Jan 2021
American science has not only remained solid through recent crises but also provided a path out of the darkness, Rochester astrophysicist Adam Frank writes for NBC News.
Laser Lab scientist honored for fusion and plasma research
Thu, 14 Jan 2021
Dustin Froula received the Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award, one of the most respected awards given by the US Department of Energy, for his research.
A new era in the search for extraterrestrial intelligence
Mon, 04 Jan 2021
If trends continue, "the search for intelligence in the universe may finally escape the giggle-factor," writes University of Rochester astrophysicist Adam Frank in a Washington Post op-ed.
Nobel Prize laureate remembered for groundbreaking research on neutrinos
Fri, 13 Nov 2020
Rochester graduate Masatoshi Koshiba ’55 (PhD), who died November 12, received the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physics for detecting and measuring subatomic particles known as neutrinos.
Quantum engines? Entanglement as fuel?
Thu, 15 Oct 2020
It’s still more science fiction than science fact, but perfect energy efficiency may be one step closer due to new research by Rochester physicists.
Rochester leads effort to understand matter at atom-crushing pressures
Mon, 10 Aug 2020
The University is the host institution for a NSF-funded national collaboration to explore ‘revolutionary states of matter.’
How to view Comet NEOWISE
Fri, 17 Jul 2020
Work by Rochester researchers will help make a space-based infrared telesecope—the kind that detected Comet NEOWISE—even more precise.