Research News
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June 20, 2018
RIT one of the nation’s top universities for NSF undergraduate research
RIT is hosting seven federally funded undergraduate research programs this summer, the most of any college in New York state. -
June 18, 2018
Mapping artificial intelligence at RIT
Researchers in RIT’s Center for Human-Aware Intelligence believe their work could lead to breakthroughs in everything from health care to energy management to cybersecurity. -
March 29, 2018
Using cinema technology for space missions
RIT scientist Zoran Ninkov is developing and testing an astronomical imager inspired by an Oscar-award winning cinema projection system. The RIT astronomical imaging system is competing with other technologies for deployment on future NASA space missions for surveying star and galaxy clusters. -
February 14, 2018
New study advances multimessenger astrophysics
A new simulation of supermassive black holes, the behemoths at the centers of galaxies, uses a realistic scenario to predict the light signals emitted in the surrounding gas before the masses collide, said RIT researchers in a new paper published in the Astrophysical Journal Letters.
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December 6, 2017
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
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 16, 2017
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. -
October 12, 2017
RIT hosts Hockey Analytics Conference Oct. 21
The latest research in analytics for college and professional hockey—and for sports in general—will be explored at the third annual RIT Hockey Analytics Conference on Oct. 21. -
September 27, 2017
Mapping black holes collisions gives astronomers a new guide
RIT researchers helped pinpoint the precise location of a gravitational wave signal—and the black hole merger that produced it—detected by gravitational wave observatories in the United States and in Europe. -
August 16, 2017
Astrophysics Ph.D. student wins NASA fellowship
RIT graduate student Chi Nguyen was selected for a NASA Earth and Space Science Fellowship in Astrophysics Research, one of eight fellowship recipients selected from 141 applicants to the Astrophysics Science Research Program. -
August 9, 2017
RIT physicist studies quantum sensing solutions
Research conducted by Mishkat Bhattacharya, a theoretical physicist, is advancing a new kind of sensing technology that captures data with better precision than currently possible and promises cheaper, smaller and lighter sensor designs. -
June 26, 2017
RIT hosts summer undergraduate research programs
RIT leads universities in New York with seven federally funded summer research programs for undergraduate students. Eight to 10 students per program work with RIT researchers for 10 weeks. The newest Research Experience for Undergraduates program focuses on multimessenger astrophysics.