Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) has appointed globally renowned neuroscientist Katerina Akassoglou, Ph.D., as the ...

Graduate student Nithin Somasekharan, left, and Shaowu Pan discuss large language models. In ancient Greek mythology, the hero Theseus is famous for cleverly solving a labyrinth and defeating the ...

Today, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) and IBM officially unveiled the world’s first-ever IBM quantum computer on a university campus. Building on RPI’s bicentennial celebration of 200 years of ...

The new technique to manufacture ultra-thin semiconducting membranes could lead to a breakthrough in night vision technology (Getty Images) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) scientists played a ...

RPI’s Institute Archives and Special Collections (IASC) has rediscovered archival documents from the American Revolution, including a letter from George Washington, information about the founding of ...

Concerns regarding scarcity, high prices, and safety regarding the long-term use of lithium-ion batteries has prompted a team of researchers from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to propose a greener, ...

Concerns about crime and safety have a dramatic impact on the behavior of Airbnb customers, according to new research co-authored by Liad Wagman, Ph.D., Dean of the RPI Lally School of Management. In ...

RPI President Marty Schmidt, Ph.D., has announced that Kevin Surman, director of RPI’s Physical Plant, has been named a Pillar of Rensselaer. The Pillar Award, the highest award bestowed by RPI on a ...

A team led by scientists at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute has 3D-printed hair follicles in human skin tissue cultured in the lab. This marks the first time researchers have used the technology to ...

Chunyu Wang, M.D., Ph.D., professor of biological sciences and chemistry and chemical biology at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, has been awarded a five-year grant of more than $3.7 million by the ...

An antioxidant found in green tea may increase levels of p53, a natural anti-cancer protein, known as the “guardian of the genome” for its ability to repair DNA damage or destroy cancerous cells.

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) have discovered a microscopic organism that can transform into a cannibalistic "supergiant" that drastically changes size, shape, and behavior, ...