President Barack Obama appointed President Shirley Ann Jackson as a member of the Advanced Manufacturing Partnership Steering Committee 2.0.
The first scoop of soil analyzed by the analytical suite in the belly of NASA’s Curiosity rover reveals that fine materials on the surface of the planet contain several percent water by weight.
Engineering researchers have developed a new drape made from graphene which can enhance the water-resistant properties of materials with rough surfaces.
Faculty researchers were honored for developing and creating the NanoSpace website, that aims to excite elementary and middle-school students about the world of atoms and molecules.
The Lally School of Management and Technology recently launched a new Master of Science in Supply Chain Management program for fall 2013.
Francine Berman, co-chair of the Research Data Alliance Council (RDA), opened a major meeting of the international RDA.
A federal study led by Rensselaer is helping make Manhattan streets cleaner, less congested, and more profitable for businesses by shifting daytime delivery truck traffic to after normal business hours.
A computational model developed by Rensselaer researchers accurately simulates the complex twists of a short sequence of RNA as it folds into a critical hairpin structure known as a “tetraloop.”
Rensselaer alumnus Karthik Bala ’97 and his brother, Guha Bala, have been selected as the 2013 William F. Glaser ’53 Rensselaer Entrepreneurs of the Year.
The 2013 ranking of Rensselaer by U.S. News and World Report is the latest recognition of the Institute’s long-held reputation as one of the nation’s top universities.