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New Breakthrough Sheds Light on the Evolution and Adaptability of Photosynthetic Organisms

A team of researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Pennsylvania State University, Yale University, and Louisiana State University has revealed the structure of a modified and evolved version of Photosystem I (PS I), a key protein...
10-Dec-2024 11:00 AM EST Add to Favorites

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Born 24 Years Ago at RPI, Tahira Reid Smith’s ‘Jump Dreams’ Are in Full Swing

As a third grader, Tahira Reid Smith ’00, ’04, Ph.D., was already thinking like an inventor. So, when her school, PS 97 in the Bronx, New York, held a poster contest where students were asked to depict something each of them wished he or she...
21-Nov-2024 1:10 PM EST Add to Favorites

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to Offer Joint Ph.D. Program in Health Sciences Engineering

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai will offer a joint Ph.D. program in health sciences engineering beginning in the fall semester of 2025. RPI is a world-renowned technological research university...
20-Nov-2024 11:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

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Rensselaer Researcher Seeks New Treatment For Blindness-Causing Diseases

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s Christopher Cioffi, Ph.D., Thomas and Constance D'Ambra Professor in Organic Chemistry, has been collaborating with Konstantin Petrukhin, Ph.D., Professor of Ophthalmic Science at Columbia University, to develop...
28-Oct-2024 11:25 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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RPI Appoints Dena Beard Executive Director of Curtis. R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has named Dena Beard, M.A., the new Executive Director of the Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC).
24-Oct-2024 9:35 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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RPI Alzheimer’s Disease Research Program Gets Multimillion-Dollar Boost

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has been awarded two grants by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) to train graduate students on Alzheimer’s disease (AD) research and commercialization. NIA is one of the National Institutes of Health in...
21-Oct-2024 8:40 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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Harnessing Vibrations: RPI-Engineered Material Generates Electricity from Unexpected Source

Imagine tires that charge a vehicle as it drives, streetlights powered by the rumble of traffic, or skyscrapers that generate electricity as the buildings naturally sway and shudder. These energy innovations could be possible thanks to researchers...
17-Oct-2024 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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Rensselaer Researcher Overcomes Portfolio Optimization Limitations With New Approach

Optimizing an investment portfolio to maximize returns while minimizing risk is the ultimate goal for investors and their advisers. However, there is no set path and challenges always arise. One such limitation is the high-dimensional, small-sample...
24-Sep-2024 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites


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Women in STEM Careers Face Bias

Women are excluded from promotions when firms look at potential, rather than proof, says Dr. Nishtha Langer, an associate professor in the Lally School of Management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
4-Aug-2022 12:45 PM EDT

Feeling Stressed? You’re More Likely To Procrastinate. A Neuroscientist Explains Why.

Alicia Walf from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute offers reasons why people procrastinate when stressed.
11-Jul-2022 2:05 PM EDT

Expert Says Financial Technologies Can Help Address Climate Change

“Financial technologies offer great promise to tackle climate change and provide pathways for developing sustainable economies,” says Aparna Gupta, co-director of the Center for Research toward Advancing Financial Technologies, the first-ever...
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