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Common Bacteria Modified To Make Designer Sugar-Based Drug
March 2, 2021
Process paves a road to safe, ethical, and fast drug manufacturing
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In Era of Online Learning, New Testing Method Aims To Reduce Cheating
March 1, 2021
Rensselaer-developed method proven effective in reducing collusion among students
Research
When Natural Disasters and Pandemics Strike Together, Expect a Slow Recovery
February 24, 2021
Simulations demonstrate vulnerability of critical personnel during joint natural disaster and pandemic events
In the Media
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The New York TimesMarch 4, 2021
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University BusinessMarch 1, 2021
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Eat This, Not That!February 19, 2021
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Times UnionFebruary 18, 2021
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CIO DiveFebruary 5, 2021
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VoxFebruary 4, 2021
The Approach
Rensselaer blog about the innovative ideas, creative endeavors, and research discoveries of students and faculty.
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The latest board game from Maurice Suckling, an assistant professor in the Games and Simulation Arts and Sciences Department at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is among the most anticipated war board games of 2021, according to a leading board game website.
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Jude Abu Zaineh, an electronic arts doctoral student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, was offered a Canadian Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) doctoral fellowship for her research project, “Home Is Where the Maqlouba Is: Understanding Palestinian diaspora through art, food, and technology.”
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In research recently published in Nature Physics, a team led by Sufei Shi, an assistant professor of chemical and biological engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, demonstrated surprising and promising properties in heterobilayer transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD), created by stacking monolayer tungsten diselenide (WSe2) and tungsten disulfide (WS2) on top of one another, with precise control. TMD materials have been eyed for their atomically thin semiconductor properties.