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University of Rochester Press Releases

Study Shows that Space Travel is Harmful to the Brain and Could Accelerate Onset of Alzheimer's
(Tuesday, January 1, 2013)
Rare Meteorites Created in Violent Celestial Collision
(Tuesday, November 27, 2012)
Scientists Discover a Saturn-like Ring System Eclipsing a Sun-like Star
(Wednesday, January 11, 2012)
Some Nearby Stars May Be Older than We Thought
(Thursday, December 22, 2011)
First Laboratory Experiment to Accurately Model Stellar Jets Explains Mysterious "Knots"
(Monday, February 9, 2009)
Sign of 'Embryonic Planets' Forming in Nearby Stellar Systems
(Monday, October 1, 2007)
Hidden Planet Pushes Star's Ring a Billion Miles Off-Center
(Friday, June 15, 2007)
3.2 Billion-Year-Old Surprise: Earth Had Strong Magnetic Field
(Sunday, April 8, 2007)
Putting the Brakes on Light Speed - New Technique Stores and Retrieves Entire Image from a Single Photon
(Monday, January 22, 2007)
The Mathematics of Cloaking - New analysis improves methods to render objects invisible
(Tuesday, December 26, 2006)
Light's Most Exotic Trick Yet: So Fast it Goes ... Backwards?
(Thursday, May 11, 2006)
Mountain ranges rise dramatically faster than expected
(Monday, January 30, 2006)
Rapid-born planets present 'baby picture' of our early solar system
(Saturday, September 10, 2005)
New Measurement Undermines Physicists' Theories for Nature's Hidden 'Particle-Force' Collaboration
(Thursday, February 10, 2005)
New Technology Makes Possible Mars Webcam, Battlefield Lasers
(Tuesday, December 21, 2004)
Top quark measurements give 'God particle' new lease on life
(Tuesday, June 15, 2004)
Impact at Bedout: 'Smoking Gun' of Giant Collision That Nearly Ended Life on Earth is Identified Near Australia
(Friday, May 14, 2004)
New evidence says Earth's greatest extinction caused by ancient meteorite
(Thursday, November 20, 2003)
Ultra-Simple Desktop Device Slows Light to a Crawl
(Monday, March 31, 2003)
Evolution of Galaxy-Spanning Magnetic Fields Explained
(Thursday, January 9, 2003)
Evolution of Galaxy-Spanning Magnetic Fields Explained
(Wednesday, January 8, 2003)
Physicists Puzzle Over Unexpected Findings in 'Little' Big Bang
(Tuesday, November 12, 2002)
New Planet Discovered
(Wednesday, October 23, 2002)
Astrobiologists to Launch Mission to Early Earth
(Thursday, November 1, 2001)
Secret to Earth's 'Big Chill' Found in Underground Water
(Tuesday, September 4, 2001)
New Light-Based Computer Operates At Quantum Speeds
(Thursday, May 17, 2001)
Ancient Earth had magnetic field 3X stronger than once thought
(Monday, March 5, 2001)
Stowaways From Space Provide Link Between Impact, Biggest Extinction in Earth History
(Thursday, February 22, 2001)
Cosmic paintbursh revealed: force that shapes nebulae uncovered by astronomers
(Wednesday, January 24, 2001)
Despite periodic pummeling, conditions on early earth were ripe for life
(Friday, December 15, 2000)
Technology first aimed at heavens now makes 'super' human vision possible
(Friday, June 9, 2000)
Chemical 'crumbs' from microbes' snacks provide a trail to ancient, remote life
(Friday, April 7, 2000)