Breaching the Blood-Brain Barrier To Create Powerful New Tools for Fighting Cancer
Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Are Developing New Technology for Pushing Drugs Through the Blood-Brain Barrier, Directly Targeting Brain Tumors
Exposure to Early Evening Sunlight in Spring Creates Teenage Night Owls
As part of a USGBC-funded research project at New York’s Algonquin Middle School in 2009, a student wears a personal light-measuring device, called a Daysimeter, to monitor her rest and activity patterns and the amount of “circadian light” reaching her eyes.
Philippe Baveye To Join Rensselaer Faculty as Kodak Chair in Environmental Engineering
New Tenured Professor Will Add Interdisciplinary Expertise in Hydrology, Soil Science
NASA Grant Supports New York Center for Astrobiology at Rensselaer in Search for Conditions of Life in the Universe
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.
Designing Touch-Sensitive Virtual Reality Tools To Train and Test Tomorrow's Surgeons
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Researchers Receive $2.3 Million NIH Grant To Develop and Validate Virtual Reality Hardware, Software for Training and Certifying Laparoscopic Surgeons
U.S. Department of Energy Awards $2.04 Million to Rensselaer Nuclear Engineering Program
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.
A Revolutionary Breakthrough in Terahertz Remote Sensing
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
New York City Department of Transportation Recognizes Project Led by Rensselaer
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 .
Rensselaer Bio-Art Pioneer Wins Guggenheim Fellowship
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.
Left or Right? Early Detection of Soccer Penalty Kicks Revealed at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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