Artist's impression of a protoplanetary disk around a luminous young star. Dust particles in the disk that orbit around the star may eventually coalesce to form new planets. Research by the RPI team will provide new insight into the chemical evolution of the disks.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Researchers Receive $2.3 Million NIH Grant To Develop and Validate Virtual Reality Hardware, Software for Training and Certifying Laparoscopic Surgeons
More than $2 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy will strengthen nuclear research and education, and help develop the next generation of nuclear technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. The grants will support two research projects within the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace, & Nuclear Engineering, fund improvements in laboratory space, and provide scholarships in nuclear engineering.
Unique THz “fingerprints” will identify hidden explosives from a distance Pictured left to right: Jingle Liu, Xi-Cheng Zhang, and Jianming Dai. Photo Credit: Rensselaer/Daria Robbins
The New York City Department of Transportation today bestowed sustainability awards to companies that participated in a research project led by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Professor Jose Holguin-Veras .
Bio-art pioneer Kathryn High, an associate professor of electronic arts at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has won a Guggenheim Fellowship. The fellowship is a prestigious recognition of High’s importance in the emerging field of bio-art, which explores the blurred line of life created by the study of biotechnology.
In the split second before foot meets ball, a soccer player’s body betrays whether a penalty kick will go left or right, according to recent research in cognitive science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Photo Credit: Rensselaer: Daria Robbins
In the split second before foot meets ball, a soccer player’s body betrays whether a penalty kick will go left or right, according to recent research in cognitive science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Photo Credit: Rensselaer: Daria Robbins
New, Simple Technique Enables Large-Scale Production of Graphene at Room Temperature; Researchers Use Graphene to Build Chemical Sensors, Ultracapacitors