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Washington, March 17 (ANI): Reports indicate that researchers at the University of Rochester’s Institute of Optics have used an ultra-powerful laser to make liquid flow vertically upward along a silicon surface, overcoming the pull of gravity, without pumps or other mechanical devices.
Professor Chunlei Guo and his assistant Anatoliy Vorobyev from the University of Rochester demonstrated [...]

Washington, Mar 17 (ANI): Being skinny confers no advantage when it comes to the risk of dying suddenly from cardiac causes, say researchers.

In fact, boffins at the University of Rochester Medical Center found that non-obese heart failure patients – including overweight, normal and underweight patients – had a 76 percent increase in risk of sudden [...]

Washington, March 5 (ANI): Scientists have discovered that the Earth’s magnetic field 3.5 billion years ago was only half as strong as it is today, and that this weakness, coupled with a strong wind of energetic particles from the young Sun, likely stripped water from the early Earth’s atmosphere.
The findings, by researchers at the University [...]

Washington, September 13 (ANI): Preliminary findings of a study suggest that an existing osteoporosis drug can prevent cartilage loss from osteoarthritis following injury to a joint, and also regenerate some cartilage that has been lost.

Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research in Denver, the findings were made [...]

Washington, Sept 9 (ANI): Scientists from University of California have identified a gene in anthrax-causing bacteria that could be used as a potential therapeutic target for the deadly disease.

The ClpX gene in bacterium Bacillus anthracis not only contributes to the severity of the anthrax disease but also makes it more difficult for a patient’s immune [...]

London, August 29 (ANI): A genetic analysis has called into question the controversial claim that early humans and chimpanzees interbred before splitting into separate species.

In 2006, David Reich and his colleagues at the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, compared the genomes of humans, chimps and three other primate species, and found that the separation of [...]

Washington, July 16 (ANI): A team of scientists is using laser light technology to create new forms of metal and enhance aircraft performance.

The laser light technology is being used by AFOSR (Air Force Office of Scientific Research) funded researchers at the University of Rochester to help the military create new forms of metal that may [...]

Washington, June 28 (ANI): A music historian has assessed Michael Jackson’s musical greatness, classifying him as “one of the world’s great entertainers and a pivotal figure in the history of American music.”

John Covach, professor of music and chair of the Department of Music at the University of Rochester and professor of music theory at the [...]

Washington, June 24 (ANI): Scientists have suggested a new therapy that will help in preventing heart failure or deaths in patients with heart disease.

The study showed a 29pct reduction in heart failure and mortality risk in patients who received [...]

Washington, May 30 (ANI): Optics researchers at the University of Rochester, US, have developed an ultra-powerful laser can turn regular incandescent light bulbs into power-sippers.

The process could make a light as bright as a 100-watt bulb consume less electricity than a 60-watt bulb while remaining far cheaper and radiating a more pleasant light than a [...]

Washington, May 20 (ANI): Researchers from University of Rochester Medical Centre have revealed that the risk of developing breast cancer due to taking hormone replacement therapy remains the same, regardless of the family history of disease.

“Although we know that family history is a risk factor, we don’t know yet what it is about family history [...]

Washington, May 19 (ANI): Scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center have revealed that a computer-based model made by them has been able to capture the body’s immune response to flu.

Project leaders Dr. Hulin Wu and Dr. Martin S. Zand have revealed that their computer simulation tool is aimed at some day predicting [...]

Washington, May 15 (ANI): So you think that achieving loads of money, good looks and others’ admiration would make you happy? Well, then think again, for a new study has shown that such achievements can actually make a person less happy.
n fact, the study by three University of Rochester researchers has found that growing as [...]

Washington, May 15 (ANI): Scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center have suggested that people with cancer can reduce post-chemotherapy nausea by 40 percent by using ginger supplements, along with standard anti-vomiting drugs, before undergoing treatment.

“There are effective drugs to control vomiting, but the nausea is often worse because it lingers,” said lead author [...]

Washington, May 14 (ANI): Scientists at the University of Rochester have created a mathematical model that can predict the immune responses to infection with influenza A viruses, including novel viruses such as the emergent 2009 influenza A (H1N1).

The model examines the contributions of specific sets of immune cells in fighting influenza A virus.

Also, the [...]

Washington, May 11 (ANI): Scientists at the University of Rochester, along with researchers at the Eastman Kodak Company, have created a nanocrystal that constantly emits light, which has potential for the development of cheaper and more versatile lasers and brighter LED lighting.

Many molecules, as well as crystals just a billionth of a meter in size, [...]

Washington, May 6 (ANI): University of Rochester scientists in New York have found that sex hormone oestrogen controls how the brain processes sounds.

This is the first time that any study has shown that a sex hormone can directly affect auditory function.

The researchers say that their study points toward the possibility that oestrogen controls other [...]

Washington, May 5 (ANI): Kids with high blood pressure are at a greater risk of developing learning disabilities and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) than other children, according to a study.

Conducted by researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center, the study also revealed that hypertensive kids were also more likely to have a higher [...]

Washington, May 5 (ANI): A survey conducted by researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center suggests that most teens, who have started to make more decisions about their own health care, may not know enough about the over-the-counter pain medications to avoid complications or inadvertent misuse.

During the study, the researchers surveyed almost 100 [...]

Washington, May 5 (ANI): Exposure to cigarette smoke leads to lower levels of antioxidants in kids, a new study has found.

Antioxidants basically help the body defend itself against many biological stresses.

The University of Rochester Medical Center study looked at the levels of antioxidants versus the amount of smoke exposure in more than 2,000 6 and [...]