News sites were abuzz today with a fun update from 400 kilometers above the surface of the Earth. NASA on Monday released new video footage of its friendly-faced robotic astronaut, Robonaut 2, working aboard the International Space Station (ISS). NASA has been running tests and experiments with R2, as the robot is called, since it […]
In this new role, Xu is responsible for overseeing student recruiting, curriculum development, research, and faculty hiring for the Nuclear Engineering Program.
A $480,000 gift from the Emily Landecker Foundation will establish the James P. Ferris Fellowship in Astrobiology.
The LRC’s 25th Anniversary Celebration will include a keynote, panel discussion, LRC tours and demonstrations.
Radiation expert X. George Xu has been appointed to serve on the Radiation Advisory Committee of the EPA Science Advisory Board.
An effort by students, faculty, and staff to install ultra-efficient LED light bulbs in one campus facility will save about $21,000 per year.
The annual Office of Entrepreneurship competition highlights student innovation and creativity and draws winning ideas from across campus.
A new study from engineering researchers shows how the little-understood protein osteocalcin plays a significant role in the strength of our bones.
A team of astrobiology researchers will use a series of nighttime flights on an airborne observatory to search newly born stars for the presence of precursors to life.
Often times, when we think of the Olympics, the image that comes to mind – well at least to me – are the series of sport events held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports between organized team of athletes. At Rensselaer, it’s a different story. Student members of the Entrepreneurship Club are […]