"Tabletop" Fusion Researcher Committed Scientific Misconduct Jul 21, 2008
"Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed a tabletop accelerator that produces nuclear fusion at room temperature, providing confirmation of an earlier experiment conducted at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), while offering substantial improvements over the original design.". scienceblog. (Slashdot)
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Energy security: Shirley Ann Jackson, president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, speaks on "A Global Energy Security Road Map for the U.S." 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco. Tickets cost $8 to $15. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Business)
Engineer's small footprint leaves big mark on world Jul 20, 2008
EDUCATION: B.Tech in electrical engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India, 1969; M.S. in electrical engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1971, Troy, N.Y.; Ph. D. in electrical engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1974. (News & Observer)
RE LATED ARTICLE:Fusion in beaker report leaves some physicists cold Jul 19, 2008
"We tried a different approach that seemed promising and it works. We were lucky," says team member Richard Lahey Jr. of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y.. In their approach, the bubbles grew 10,000 times larger than their starting size, to about eight hundredths of an inch across, before they imploded. (USA Today -- News)
Artist's Video Game Challenges Players To Kill President Jul 18, 2008
The game was scheduled for exhibition in March at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in , but school administrators shut it down after less than a day, according to a TimeOutChicago blog post. "The game itself is not an act of terrorism," said one protester. (NBC4.tv, CA)
Booting boredom Jul 17, 2008
Try a formal program like the Girl Scouts Lego Robotics Academy at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute or an informal visit to an art museum. Make the most of it by creating family discussions around the experience. (Albany Times Union)
How Circadian Disruption Affects Human Health Jul 17, 2008
A study by researchers in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute s Lighting Research Center (LRC) provides a new framework for studying the effects of circadian disruption on breast cancer, obesity, sleep disorders, and other health problems. Light and dark patterns are the major synchronizer of circadian rhythms the biological cycles that repeat approximately every 24 hours to the solar day. (Science Daily)
IBM will invest $1.5-billion to expand operations Jul 16, 2008
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute will contribute to research at that facility, which is expected to create more than 675 jobs. IBM committed to keeping more than 1,000 semiconductor jobs at the East Fishkill plant in Dutchess County. (Globe and Mail -- Technology)
Notre Dame Ranks Second On All-Time CoSIDA Academic All-America List Jul 16, 2008
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). 10. (Und.com)
Cell-ebration of life Jul 13, 2008
For the past two years, filmmakers V. Owen Bush and Kurt Przybilla have worked with Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute professors to imagine what matter too small to see would look like on the big screen ... Bush created the production company Nanotoons after he was commissioned by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to make the short film and then the feature length. (Albany Times Union)
RPI's nano research heating up Jul 4, 2008
TROY -- An associate professor at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has figured out a way to make a pot of water boil more quickly. Nikhil Koratkar and a team of researchers at RPI lined a pot with tiny copper nanorods. (Albany Times Union)
Standards Set For Energy-conserving LED Lighting Jul 1, 2008
29, 2006) A team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has received 1. 8 million in federal funding to improve the energy efficiency of green light-emitting diodes (LEDs). (Science Daily)
Shaker High lists honor grads Jun 29, 2008
Joseph Pelletier, son of Gregory and Maribeth Pelletier of Latham, will attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as an aeronautical engineering major. Gregory Skiba, son of Dennis Skiba of Latham and Diane Skiba of Loudonville, will attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute as an architecture major. (Albany Times Union)
Nassau councilman plans to seek Bruno's seat Jun 28, 2008
Seney, a married father of three, has an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and is a computer consultant. OTHER STORIES. (Albany Times Union)
Boiling Water: Nano Technique Boosts Efficiency Jun 27, 2008
A new study from researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute shows that by adding an invisible layer of the nanomaterials to the bottom of a metal vessel, an order of magnitude less energy is required to bring water to boil. This increase in efficiency could have a big impact on cooling computer chips, improving heat transfer systems, and reducing costs for industrial boiling applications. (Science Daily)
Science comes easy to Rhinebeck Salutatorian Kevin Todisco Jun 26, 2008
Kevin will attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the fall. Kevin said that he chose RPI because it had the best course outline for him. (Rhinebeck Gazette Advertiser, NY)
Shedding light on SUNY salaries Jun 26, 2008
New hire at RPI Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has hired Arturo Estrella, a Federal Reserve Bank of New York economist, to head its economics department. RPI said he will steer the department in a new direction, building interdisciplinary links with the department and other programs. (Albany Times Union)
CCHS Grad Brian Barnes Gets Russell Sage Job Jun 26, 2008
Barnes, a native of the Capital District and graduate of Catholic Central High School, has been the full-time Mens Basketball assistant coach at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute since 2005. His experience there helped the program bring in 31 recruits from 12 states over the last two years. (FOX23 News, NY)
Federal Reserve economist to join Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Jun 25, 2008
Members: Not Registered. for free extra services. (Albany Business Review, NY)
Database shows effects of acid rain on microorganisms in Adirondack Lakes Jun 24, 2008
To address this knowledge gap, researchers at the Darrin Fresh Water Institute of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have developed one of the most comprehensive databases in existence on the impacts of acid rain at the foundation of the biological community ... Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, founded in 1824, is the nation's oldest technological university. (EurekAlert!)
River is now new frontier Jun 22, 2008
The 11,000-square-foot environmental research facility, located on a five-acre parcel on the river off Madison Street, is a collaboration of the Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the city of Troy. "The biggest environmental challenge of the 21st century is the challenge of daily life, the challenge of the daily pressure of human society on nature," said John Cronin, executive director of the Beacon Institute, a nonprofit environmental research... (Albany Times Union)
Troy wants RPI payment Jun 21, 2008
TROY -- The city wants Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to pay a public safety fee per student that could generate as much as $1. 26 million annually to cover police, fire and ambulance coverage provided to the campus. (Albany Times Union)
Former DEC head joins RPI Jun 20, 2008
TROY -- Erin Crotty, a former state Department of Environmental Conservation commissioner, starts a new job Monday as director of community relations for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. "She will be representing the institute in our dealings with local communities, government and economic development," said Allison Newman, assistant vice president of government and community relations. (Albany Times Union)
Slimmer Milky Way Galaxy Revealed By New Measurements Jun 20, 2008
7, 2003) A previously unseen band of stars beyond the edge of the Milky Way galaxy has been discovered by a team of scientists from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, and ... 11, 2002) Heidi Jo Newberg, associate professor of physics at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and Brian Yanny, an astrophysicist at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, who are leading a team of. (Science Daily)
Test Of Bacteria Toxin Delivery System Could Pave Way For New Antibiotic Drugs Jun 20, 2008
(July 31, 2003) Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., have been awarded new federal grant money to develop experimental compounds that may someday extend the period during which a person. (May 25, 2004) Researchers are making promising steps towards the development of a number of vaccines against foodborne disease, according to several studies released today at the 104th General Meeting of the. (Science Daily)
Brooks Automation Announces Scholarship Program Recipients Jun 20, 2008
The fifteen Brooks Automation Annual Scholarship Program recipients for the 2008/2009 academic year are: Erica Andrade from Londonderry, NH, Southern New Hampshire University majoring in psychology; Sarah Barrett from Middleboro, MA, school is undecided, majoring in biology; Megan Delyanis from Allston, MA, Boston University majoring in marketing; Heather Graham from Grafton, MA, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute majoring in architecture; Katherine Kang from Nashua, NH, University of Texas... (Primezone Releases)
U of Minnesota professor provides in-depth analysis of Six Sigma phenomenon Jun 19, 2008
Schroeder's co-authors of this paper are Kevin Linderman, assistant professor in operations and management science at the Carlson School; Charles Liedtke from Strategic Improvement Systems, LLC; and Adrian Choo, assistant professor with the Lally School of Management and Technology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Research was funded by a National Science Foundation grant completed in 2004. (EurekAlert!)
Students showcased for achievements Jun 18, 2008
Both Glifford and Cleland are part of the New Visions program through Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, which allows students who are interested in majoring in either math, science, engineering or technology a chance to gain a taste of college-level course work. Odyssey of the Mind participants Dan Gevlin, Rachel Dellahunt, Jessica Van Alstyne, Morgan Van Alstyne, Logan Rando and Sarah Gilly were honored for their creative problem-solving skills. (Hudson Register Star, NY)
Nanotech to Regrow Cartilage and Soothe Aching Knees Jun 17, 2008
Webster has been studying the possibility of growing tissue around nanomaterials since 1998 when he was a graduate student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. "Nanoscale materials are increasing growth in all of these tissue types," he says. "The key is getting the nanomaterials to mimic the roughness of the natural tissue, which creates more surface energy and allows for the absorption of proteins important for the tissue to function.". (Scientific American)
Stripes Instead Of Layers: Miniaturizing Magnetic Sensors By Means Of Ion Technology Jun 15, 2008
(May 16, 2008) Paul Morrow, who will graduate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on May 17, has come a long way from his days as an elementary school student, pulling apart his mother's cassette player. The. (Science Daily)
NAHS Class of 2008 graduate list Jun 14, 2008
Nathan Porteous Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Brittany Porter Northern Essex CC. (North Andover Citizen, MA)
Web Inventor Predicts Future Jun 13, 2008
Tim Berners-Lee made the comments as a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute symposium launched a new academic center devoted to Web science called the Tetherless World Research Constellation. In a keynote speech, Berners-Lee sketched out a vision of the Web with more computing power, more pages and higher bandwidth that will be displayed on more portable devices with better displays. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
RPI exploring frontiers of Web Jun 13, 2008
Those people are likely thrilled that Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy has launched a "Web science" center called the Tetherless World Research Constellation. And let's say the third category includes those who invented the Web. (Albany Times Union)
Acoustics' 08: Tigers, singers, earthquakes, buildings, caves, coveted violins, and more Jun 13, 2008
Paul Calamia and Jonas Braasch of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the USA () report on the vibrational modes of the solid granite musical pillars found in some Hindu temples dating back as far as the 7th century. These pillars, often carved from a single piece of stone, were tuned by size and were "played" during certain ritual performances (talk 4pAAa6). (EurekAlert!)
Scenes of nature trump technology in reducing low-level stress Jun 11, 2008
" ### Co-authors of the study are Batya Friedman, Jennifer Hagman, Erika Feldman and Anna Stolyar of the UW, Brian Gill of Seattle Pacific University, Nathan Freier of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Sybil Carr re of California State University, San Bernardino. Freier and Carr re were both at the UW when they worked on the study. For more information, contact Kahn at (206) 616-9395 or before June 17. After that contact Severson at (206) 616-6986 or More information about the Human... (EurekAlert!)
Brain perceives the present Jun 11, 2008
"It takes time for the brain to process visual information, so it has to anticipate the future to perceive the present," said Mark Changizi, the lead author of the paper, who is now at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. "One common functional mechanism can explain many of these seemingly unrelated illusions." His co-authors were Andrew Hsieh, Romi Nijhawan, Ryota Kanai and Shinsuke Shimojo. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
Circadian Math: 1 Plus 1 Doesn't Always Equal 2 Jun 10, 2008
The findings have profound implications for exploring how lighting can be used to adjust our bodies clocks, and they could redefine the way lighting is manufactured, according to Mariana Figueiro, lead author of the paper and assistant professor in the Lighting Research Center (LRC) at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Short-wavelength light, including natural light from the blue sky, is highly effective at stimulating the circadian system. (Science Daily)
York High School announces top students Jun 10, 2008
Emily will attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y., where she plans to study engineering and play field hockey. Brittany Lynne Morley is the daughter of Robert and Janelle Morley of York. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Cancer center designation sought Jun 7, 2008
A number of nonprofit institutions, including Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Northeast Health, St. Peter's Hospital, Ordway Research Institute and the state Department of Health's Wadsworth Center laboratories, have supported the effort. Others, such as Albany Medical Center, are "very interested in it," McCormick said. (Albany Times Union)
Chelmsford High School's Academic Awards Night Jun 7, 2008
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rensselaer Medal Award Certificate. For outstanding academic achievement in the study of mathematics and science Linda Y. Gao. (Chelmsford Independent, MA)
Crescent Valley honors Jun 6, 2008
Sandy Liu: Certificate of Initial Mastery, Valedictorian Candidate, National Merit Commended Student, CV Scholar, National Honor Society, Society of Women Engineers Honor Award, OSAA Farmers Insurance Group Scholar Athlete Award, Freshman Class Co-President, ASB Historian, Varsity Swimming, Co-president of Students for World Awareness, 2008 da Vinci Art ce Scholarship, Corvallis Education Association Scholarship, Health Occupations/James A. Riley Memorial Scholarship, Benton County Rotary Clubs... (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)
Portsmouth High School names top 10 students Jun 6, 2008
STACY WONG, daughter of Ruth and Jim Wong, of Newington, has been accepted at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the University of New Hampshire. She plans to attend the University of New Hampshire, majoring in biology. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
How To Make Microwaves On A Chip To Replace X-rays For Medical Imaging And Security Jun 5, 2008
12, 2003) Using a technique pioneered by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, terahertz (THz) radiation has been used to uncover small defects in a sample of space shuttle foam. This nondestructive. (Science Daily)
Key to All Optical Illusions Discovered Jun 3, 2008
Researcher Mark Changizi of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York says it starts with a neural lag that most everyone experiences while awake. When light hits your retina, about one-tenth of a second goes by before the brain translates the signal into a visual perception of the world. (Yahoo News)
improve the memories of Alzheimer’s patients. May 31, 2008
She placed fourth in Taunton High School s science fair in February and first in the regional fair, where she was awarded a $20,000 scholarship to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. She was also offered a $50,000 scholarship to Wheaton College in Norton plus an additional $5,000 a year to conduct scientific research. Doherty, who has not yet selected a college, placed third at the state science fair and was invited to represent Massachusetts at the International Science and... (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)
What Dictionaries and Optical Illusions Say About Our Brains May 31, 2008
In the past, the assistant professor of cognitive science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has demonstrated that the shapes of letters in 100 writing systems reflect common ones seen in nature: Take the letter "A" it looks like a mountain, he says. And "Y" might remind one of a tree with branches. (Scientific American)
Perfect ACT, SAT scores earn honor for BJHS graduate May 31, 2008
Wu also received scholarships from Princeton University, where she will be attending, as well as the University of Alabama, Michigan State University, Auburn University, Dudley University, Emory College, Washington University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Calhoun Community College. Speak your mind. (Madison County Record, AL)
Examining The Physics Of Carbon Nanotubes May 30, 2008
Recently researchers at Rice University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute used them to make the blackest black the darkest known material, reflecting only 0. 045 percent of all light shined on it. (Science Daily)
'Stirring' Secrets Of Deadly Supervolcanoes May 30, 2008
6, 2007) Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have discovered what likely triggered the eruption of a "supervolcano" that coated much of the western half of the United States with ash fallout. (Oct. (Science Daily)
School district faces a linguistic challenge May 28, 2008
Cohoes is quieter than Moscow, Zagorevsky explained, but he chose to settle there because it was close to his job at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the city's public schools were well-ranked. He also knew Kirill would be with other Russian-speakers, at least during some of his school day. (Albany Times Union)
The Future of the Web: An Old-Fashioned Debate With a Social Media Twist May 24, 2008
TROY, N.Y., May 23 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On June 11, leading authorities on the World Wide Web will gather at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for an old-fashioned debate with a social media twist ... About Rensselaer Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, founded in 1824, is the nation's oldest technological university ... SOURCE Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. (PR Newswire)
New Technology Puts Biomedical Imaging In Palm Of Hands May 24, 2008
16, 2002) Xi-Cheng Zhang, the J. Erik Jonsson '22 Distinguished Professor of Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and a team of researchers are the first to image biological tissue using single. (May 27, 2005) Biomedical engineers at Duke University's Pratt School of Engineering have created a new three-dimensional ultrasound cardiac imaging probe. (Science Daily)
'Second Life' is frontier for AI research May 20, 2008
Selmer Bringsjord, director of the Rensselaer Artificial Intelligence and Reasoning Laboratory at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, sees Edd Hifeng, an avatar in the virtual world 'Second Life,' as a forerunner to more sophisticated creations that could interact with people not behind a computer screen, but inside three-dimensional projections of places like subway stops or city streets ... TROY, N.Y. Edd Hifeng barely merits a second glance in "Second Life.'' A steel-gray robot with lanky... (MSNBC -- Technology)
Second Life has a special guest: AI May 20, 2008
Edd is a creation of artificial intelligence, or AI, by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, who endowed him with a limited ability to converse and reason ... Selmer Bringsjord, director of the Rensselaer Artificial Intelligence and Reasoning Laboratory at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, sees Edd Hifeng, an avatar in the virtual world Second Life, as a forerunner to more sophisticated creations that could interact with people not behind a computer screen, but inside... (USA Today -- Tech)
A 'Second Life' avatar gets a mind of his own May 20, 2008
Edd is a creation of artificial intelligence, or AI, by researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, who endowed him with a limited ability to converse and reason. It turns out "Second Life" is more than a place where pixelated avatars chat, interact and fly about. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
ETF Focus Feature Article CBS-CNet Deal Boosts Tech Funds May 18, 2008
Baker received a B.S. degree in management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an M.B.A. with a finance specialization from Nova Southeastern University. Previous Story. (TheStreet.com)
Student Innovation Could Improve Data Storage, Magnetic Sensors May 17, 2008
ScienceDaily (May 16, 2008) Paul Morrow, who will graduate from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on May 17, has come a long way from his days as an elementary school student, pulling apart his mother's cassette player. The talented young physicist has developed two innovations that could vastly improve magnetic data storage and sense extremely low level magnetic fields in everything from ink on counterfeit currency to tissue in the human brain and heart. (Science Daily)
Family pain: oil and food May 16, 2008
"And food distributors are passing on higher fuel costs through surcharges. At Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Culinary Director Jackie Baldwin said she's seeing surcharges ranging from $5 to $25 per delivery.The Troy college tried to reduce food waste in its dining halls by introducing "Trayless Tuesdays. ""We didn't think it out on our end," she added. "We had a very negative feedback," as students complained about the missing trays.Now, she's trying to raise awareness with a "Weigh to Waste... (Albany Times Union)
Gaining Independence For People With Disabilities Through Video Games May 16, 2008
Now, three graduates from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute s Class of 2008 have created a game with an even more important purpose to foster independence among disabled individuals. See also. (Science Daily)
Can Visual System 'See' The Future? May 16, 2008
Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Mark Changizi argues they require something more our ability to foresee the future ... (Credit: Image courtesy of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute). (Science Daily)
Media Alert: MySpace, Thomson Reuters, and Expert System Kick Off SemTech 2008 Daily Press & Analyst News/Buzz Briefings and RoundTables May 16, 2008
Highlights include tutorials, case studies, keynotes, and panels, as well as vertical industry focus areas and sidebars on financial services, healthcare, application development, government, and semantic SOA. SemTech 2008's globally-recognized speakers and faculty include experts from: Adobe Systems, BBN Technologies; Blue Shield of California; Build Software, LLC; Cleveland Clinic; Cycorp, Inc.; Digital Enterprise Research Institute (DERI); Digitas/Prodigious; DowJones Client Services; IBM;... (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Benjamin Bratt's lessons for success May 16, 2008
This year, they both graduate from college - one from Hampshire College, the other Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - on the same day. What are the parents to do. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Saving a city one home at a time May 15, 2008
For Fleisher, the work started in 1980, when he moved to Troy to take a job at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He has since rehabbed five buildings, three of which were vacant. (Albany Times Union)
Nusym focuses on intelligent verification May 15, 2008
He received a MS in EE from Stanford and BS in Computer and Systems Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Jayant Nagda: Vice President of Engineering, was group director RCS group at Synopsys Inc. where he was responsible for verification technologies such as assertions, coverage, test bench automation and formal technologies. (EETimes)
Silicon chip alternative developed May 15, 2008
But now, a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute students invention could replace this technology with a new generation of transistors that will not only cut energy consumption but also work under extreme conditions. Weixiao Huang has made a breakthrough by developing a new transistor that uses a compound material known as gallium nitride (GaN), which has remarkable material properties and may act as a better alternative to silicon chip. (India Times, India -- Health/Science)
