Jupiter at its core remains a mystery to science
Adam Frank writes in Big Think, “For decades, planetary science was firm on the fact that Jupiter has a rocky core. New data extracted directly from the king of planets by the Juno spacecraft challenged that long-held standard.”
Flash Center moves to Rochester, advances cutting-edge physics research
January 6, 2023
The Flash Center for Computational Science offers researchers worldwide access to a computer code that simulates phenomena in astrophysics, high-energy-density science, and fusion research.
The Universe Is More in Our Hands Than Ever Before
January 3, 2023
Adam Frank writes in The Atlantic, “But across its millennia-long history, astronomy has always been a science of separation.”
Scientists hit key milestone in fusion energy quest
December 13, 2022
The major breakthrough of achieving ignition is cause for celebration at Rochester’s Laboratory for Laser Energetics as well.
How do magnetic fields affect star formation and high-energy-density lab experiments?
September 19, 2022
The famous Pillars of Creation in the Eagle Nebulae—a star nursery—are believed to result from the hydrodynamic instabilities that form when plasmas are exposed to high intensity light from neighboring stars.
Rochester researchers go ‘outside the box’ to delineate major ocean currents
September 15, 2022
For the first time University of Rochester researchers have quantified the energy of ocean currents larger than 1,000 kilometers. In the process, they and their collaborators have discovered that the most energetic is the Antarctic Circumpolar Current, some 9,000 kilometers in diameter.
What does it take to become a scientist, part 2?
September 12, 2022
This is the second of a series of conversations on WXXI’s Connections with Evan Dawson about what it means to be a scientist. Our guests describe what it’s like to be new CMAP graduate students.
Machine learning pinpoints when matter changes under extreme conditions
July 28, 2022
The phase changes that materials undergo during experiments at extreme conditions can shed light on the formation and composition of exoplanets and other celestial bodies, including the inner core of Earth. University of Rochester researchers are helping develop automated deep-learning computer vision techniques to expedite the analysis of the trillions of bytes of data generated by these experiments.
First CMAP Annual Meeting
May 6, 2022
The first CMAP Annual Meeting, hosted at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, was a gathering of the CMAP team from MIT, Princeton, the Universities of California at Berkeley and Davis, the University at Buffalo, and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. We welcomed guest presenters from Howard University and Washington State University as well.
What does it take to become a scientist, part 1?
May 3, 2022
This is the first of a series of conversations on WXXI’s Connections with Evan Dawson about what it means to be a scientist. Our guests, UR Professor Adam Frank and three CMAP graduate students, describe their own paths into the field.