New Biochip Mimics Liver To Make Drug Discovery Faster, Easier
A team of researchers has developed a new type of biochip that emulates the metabolism of a human liver.
The Marathon Runners
Three Rensselaer employees reflect on the most poignant moments they’ve experienced while pursuing the sport of running.
Mechanical Engineering Pioneer, First Woman President of ASME To Receive Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Davies Medal
Celebrated engineering leader Nancy DeLoye Fitzroy, Class of 1949, will receive the prestigious Davies Medal.
Here’s to 10 More Years of GameFest
Student game designers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and other schools including Champlain College and Rochester Institute of Technology gathered at EMPAC Saturday to showcase a vast array of video games they had designed at the 10th annual GameFest. This was my first GameFest and I was so impressed by the sheer number of games on […]
Rensselaer Concert Choir to Perform in Historic Downtown Troy Church
The Rensselaer Concert Choir will give their final performance of the 2013-14 academic year on Sunday, May 4, at St. Paul’s Church, 58 Third St. in Troy.
Citizen Scientist – Your Safari Photos Are the Data
How many individual zebras are represented in this collage of 10 photos? If we were looking at human faces, most of us would have little trouble differentiating between multiple photos of the same person, and photos of different people. But when it comes to wildlife, people are easily stumped. Not so for computers. If the […]
A Time To Support and Celebrate: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Community Set To Raise Funds and Cancer Awareness
More than 1,000 members of the Rensselaer community, along with family and friends, will participate in the ninth annual Relay For Life event.
Recently Developed Nanomaterial May Be Suitable for Use in Desalination
Computational modeling indicates that a newly developed nanomaterial may be suitable for applications in water desalination and other purification.
Rensselaer Researchers Develop All-Carbon Lithium Battery
Rensselaer researchers have developed a rechargeable lithium battery with components made entirely of carbon.
Mission Control, this is RPI, can you hear us?
Rick Mastracchio, a 1987 graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a NASA astronaut currently aboard the International Space Station, took questions from Rensselaer students Friday. The event was coordinated with Mastracchio’s three alma maters – Rensselaer, UConn, and University of Houston-Clear Lake. Six students from each institution were selected to ask Mastracchio questions and the […]