As FASEB President, Palazzo Urges Sustainable Vision for Science
New Rensselaer provost calls for emphasis on developing human capital
Rensselaer Senior Spends Summer at NASA Researching Space Technology
Senior Phillip Bracken works on his closed-loop cooling system in a lab at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., as part of a 10-week summer internship with the space agency.
Tough Tubes: Carbon Nanotubes Endure Heavy Wear and Tear
A block of carbon nanotubes before (left) and after (right) being compressed more than 500,000 times. There is virtually no difference in shape, mechanical integrity or electrical conductivity.
Undifferentiated Networks Would Require Significant Extra Capacity
New study provides context for ongoing debate over “net neutrality” Troy, N.Y. — A new study by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, AT&T Labs, and the University of Nevada, Reno suggests that an Internet where all traffic is treated identically would require significantly more capacity than one in which differentiated services are offered.
Rensselaer Supercomputer Ranks Seventh in the World
Partnership with IBM and New York state has created most powerful system at any university Troy, N.Y. — The new supercomputer at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has been ranked seventh in the world, and it is the most powerful of any system based at a university, according to the 29th edition of the closely watched Top500 list.
Nanotube Adhesive Sticks Better Than a Gecko's Foot
Troy, N.Y., and Akron, Ohio — Mimicking the agile gecko, with its uncanny ability to run up walls and across ceilings, has long been a goal of materials scientists. Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of Akron have taken one sticky step in the right direction, creating synthetic “gecko tape” with four times the sticking power of the real thing.
Nano Technique Allows Precise Injection of Living Cells
Troy, N.Y. — Specialized pulsed lasers have been used to inject individual cells with a variety of materials, but little is known about how this type of injection might affect living cells. For the first time, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have analyzed this nanoscale injection process on living cells and discovered that minor changes in the intensity of the laser could mark the difference between a healthy cell and a dead one.
Carrie Eckart '85 Elected President of Rensselaer Alumni Association
Eckart the second woman in RAA history to lead the organization Troy, N.Y. — Carrie Eckart ’85 has been elected president of the Rensselaer Alumni Association (RAA), an organization made up of more than 90,000 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute alumni worldwide. Only the second woman since 1862 to serve as president of the RAA (or its predecessor, the Association of Rensselaer Graduates) Eckart began her two-year term on Saturday, June 9.
The Original Nano Workout: Helping Carbon Nanotubes Get Into Shape
Troy, N.Y. — Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a new method of compacting carbon nanotubes into dense bundles. These tightly packed bundles are efficient conductors and could one day replace copper as the primary interconnects used on computer chips and even hasten the transition to next-generation 3-D stacked chips.