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July 17, 2023
What do astronomers say about Moon landing deniers? Batting down the conspiracy theory with an assist from the 1969 Miracle Mets
Michael Richmond, professor of astronomy and physics, explains the 1969 moon landing for the "Curious Kids" series published by The Conversation.
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July 12, 2023
NASA releases spectacular image to celebrate James Webb Space Telescope
The Washington Post talks to Jeyhan Kartaltepe, associate professor in RIT's School of Physics and Astronomy, and Rebecca Larson, postdoctoral research associate in RIT’s School of Physics and Astronomy, about images from the James Webb Space Telescope.
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July 12, 2023
Protecting yourself from credit card skimmers
WROC-TV talks to Ahmed Hamza, lecturer in the Department of Computing Security, about how consumers can protect themselves against credit card skimmers.
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July 11, 2023
NASA's Webb telescope video is a mind-blowing trip
Mashable mentions Rebecca Larson, postdoctoral research associate in RIT’s School of Physics and Astronomy.
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July 7, 2023
5 Sneaky Ways to Spot a Fake Amazon Review
The Penny Hoarder mentions research by Ali Tosyali and Gijs Overgoor, assistant professors in the Department of MIS, Marketing, and Analytics.
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July 7, 2023
Brodner holds the keys to the SHED
In only a few weeks, the SHED will open to the RIT community, and Tiffany Brodner is preparing for her new role overseeing the multi-use facility.
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July 6, 2023
RIT researchers discover most distant active black hole ever
An RIT postdoctoral researcher and an associate professor in the School of Physics and Astronomy, along with a team behind the Cosmic Evolution Early Release Science (CEERS) Survey, have used new observations from the James Webb Space Telescope to confirm the existence of the most distant active supermassive black hole ever found.
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June 30, 2023
An experiment that reaches across the galaxy has 'heard' an invisible sea of ripples in space-time for the first time. It's surprisingly loud.
Business Insider talks to Manuela Campanelli, professor in the College of Science and director of Center for Computational Relativity and Gravitation, about the latest gravitational-wave signal observations.
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June 29, 2023
RIT astrophysicist comments on supermassive binary black hole discovery
Astrophysicists using large radio telescopes to observe a collection of cosmic clocks in our galaxy have found evidence for gravitational waves that oscillate with periods of years to decades, according to a set of papers published Thursday in The Astrophysical Journal Letters.
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June 27, 2023
RIT Certified offers professional training course for L3Harris technicians
Twelve technical specialists from L3Harris are part of a high-tech workforce development pilot program at Rochester Institute of Technology learning how to build the “brains” inside electronic devices. This first cohort of students is part of the region’s broader economic development initiatives to expand industries such as advanced manufacturing.
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June 27, 2023
Lab-grown meat techniques aren’t new – cell cultures are common tools in science, but bringing them up to scale to meet society’s demand for meat will require further development
Essay by André O. Hudson, dean of the College of Science, published by The Conversation.
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June 23, 2023
Migrants often can’t access US health care until they are critically ill – here are some of the barriers they face
Essay by Anthony Jimenez, assistant professor in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, published by The Conversation.