Research News
Stories related to "research"
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December 6, 2017
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Professor among first to use Webb Space Telescope
RIT astrophysicist Jeyhan Kartaltepe will be one of the first scientists to use NASA's James Webb Space Telescope soon after it launches in spring 2019. The Webb telescope is regarded by many as the powerful successor to the Hubble Space Telescope. -
October 30, 2017
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Hunting for massive black-hole mergers
The outskirts of spiral galaxies like our own could be crowded with colliding black holes of massive proportions and a prime location for scientists hunting the sources of gravitational waves, according to RIT researchers.
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October 22, 2017
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Research in humanities and social sciences grows
Humanities and social sciences research at RIT represents a diverse array of scholarship that includes work in traditional disciplines as well as cybersecurity, personal health care, sustainability, cognition among individuals who are deaf, ethics within engineering, and studies to prevent crime. -
October 22, 2017
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A new approach to securing networks
RIT’s cybersecurity experts are studying the past, present and future of cybersecurity to gain a better understanding of the role that humans—and their behavior—play in keeping our technology secure. -
October 22, 2017
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Team studies crime trends for prevention
The Center for Public Safety Initiatives is a unique collaboration among RIT, the city of Rochester and criminal justice agencies in New York. -
October 22, 2017
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Interdisciplinary team studying skills gap
Amid the national discussion about skills gaps in filling STEM jobs, a trio of RIT researchers is diving into whether that gap exists in the optics and photonics industry in Rochester. -
October 22, 2017
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Researchers study how deaf people learn, grow
The Center on Cognition and Language, created in 2016, is the only center of its kind in the world led by a deaf director and staffed primarily by deaf researchers. -
October 22, 2017
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Finding ways to enhance learning for deaf students
NTID researchers are working to improve education and provide more support for deaf and hard-of-hearing students. -
October 22, 2017
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Optimizing the U.S. electrical grid
RIT researchers are developing a system of algorithmic computer modeling that will help policymakers produce and use electricity more efficiently. -
October 22, 2017
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Undergraduates Team up with RIT Faculty on Computational Sensing Research
Thanks to a National Science Foundation grant, undergraduate students worked with RIT faculty to gain valuable experience in research projects. -
October 22, 2017
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Faculty Research Yields Several Books
Research doesn’t always involve a cleanroom, white coats, or bubbling beakers. In many cases, research is done by digging through dusty documents, interviewing people, or gathering information about historical events. A culmination of such research is putting the findings in a book. -
October 16, 2017
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RIT researchers part of breakthrough discovery
RIT researchers played a significant role in an international announcement today that has changed the future of astrophysics. The breakthrough discovery of colliding neutron stars marks the first time both gravitational waves and light have been detected from the same cosmic collision.
