This year, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute researchers will begin work on a radically new approach to treating and preventing genetic diseases such as Alzheimer’s.It’s thanks to a grant from the National Institutes of Health’s TARGETED Challenge, which funds scientific research on ways to deliver gene editing tools directly to cells in the human body. 

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and Hudson Valley Community College have welcomed the inaugural class of RPI-HVCC Semiconductor Scholars. Funded by the 2022 CHIPS and Science Act, the Scholars program is one of many efforts in the Capital Region and around the country to prepare more students to enter the semiconductor industry. 

The RPI team is working toward a big dream: a rocket that reaches well beyond the Kármán Line — the point 330,000 feet above sea level that marks the end of Earth’s atmosphere and the beginning of outer space.

No birthday party is complete without ice cream.That’s why Stewart’s Shops is helping Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute kick off its bicentennial year with a new name for the store’s “Fireworks” ice cream flavor. The freshly dubbed “Quantum Freeze” will hit stores February 5, 2024. 

New York State has set some of the most ambitious climate targets in the nation. This has made our region a productive environment for sustainability research while generating a market for green energy technologies.

In today’s research environment, computing power is crucial. For years, Rensselaer engineers have used our Artificial Intelligence Multiprocessing Optimized System (AiMOS) – the most powerful supercomputer housed at a private university and the 24th most powerful in the world – to advance AI and machine learning and to model everything from drug molecules to microchips.

In 2022, the federal government committed to a $52.7 billion investment in domestic semiconductor research, development, manufacturing, and workforce development, to stimulate the economy, repair global supply chains, and improve national security through the CHIPS and Science Act.

Rensselaer’s contributions to space exploration are widely known and celebrated. The announcement that School of Engineering alumnus Reid Wiseman ’97 will command the upcoming Artemis II mission – which will pave the way for NASA’s return to the moon – brings us full circle, because prior to becoming RPI’s former president, George M.

For the first time, researchers have used bacteria to “upcycle” waste polyethylene

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute doctoral student Emily de Stefanis is one of 60 recipients of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science Graduate Student Research (SCGSR) award.