Science and Technology

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  • UB Scientists and Earthquake Engineers to Discuss Huge Japanese Quake
    3/11/11
    Scientists and engineers at the University at Buffalo and UB's MCEER (Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research) will be available to discuss with media the powerful magnitude 8.9 earthquake that struck the northern coast of Japan and has triggered tsunamis and evacuations throughout half the world.
  • Study: Facebook Photo Sharing Reflects Focus on Female Appearance
    3/7/11
    In a new study published in the journal Cyberpsychology, Behavior and Social Networking, University at Buffalo researcher Michael A. Stefanone, PhD, and colleagues found that females who base their self worth on their appearance tend to share more photos online and maintain larger networks on online social networking sites.
  • Digitizing Urdu: Software Will Improve Analysis of Documents, Social Networks in Pakistan's National Language
    3/3/11
    Computer scientists at the University at Buffalo and at Janya Inc. have developed the first software system that will allow for computational processing of documents in Urdu, Pakistan's national language and one of the world's five most-spoken languages.
  • UB Battery Researcher with More Patents than Any Other Woman is Inducted Into the National Inventors Hall of Fame
    3/3/11
    Esther Takeuchi, PhD, SUNY Distinguished Professor and Greatbatch Professor of Advanced Power Sources at the University at Buffalo, will be one of nine living inductees into the National Inventors Hall of Fame, according to an announcement today by the NIHF, which honors legendary inventors whose innovations have changed the world.
  • Computer Scientists Develop Smart, Less Obtrusive Tracking System
    3/3/11
    Researchers at the University at Buffalo and Amrita University in India have developed the framework for a smart environment that can track people's whereabouts without the use of invasive technologies such as constant filming or radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. The new tracking method could improve safety and security in nursing homes, hospitals and other closed spaces while providing occupants with freedom from continuous surveillance.
  • Lecture to be Held in Memory of Architecture Student Sydney Gross
    2/23/11
    The cofounders of New York City-based design firm Weiss/Manfredi will speak at the University at Buffalo today (Wednesday, Feb. 23) in a lecture honoring Sydney Gross, a School of Architecture and Planning student who died following a car accident on July 24, 2009.
  • A Nano-Solution to Global Water Problem: Nanomembranes Could Filter Bacteria
    2/21/11
    New nanomaterials research from the University at Buffalo could lead to new solutions for an age-old public health problem: how to separate bacteria from drinking water.
  • Double Engineering Major is a Double Threat on the Court and in the Classroom
    2/14/11
    There's never been a dull University at Buffalo moment for Kourtney Brown. Standing 6-feet-tall, Brown is a star athlete on the women's basketball team, as her recent record-breaking 35-point scoring night against Miami of Ohio shows.
  • New Study to Use Smart Phones to Track Air Pollution Exposure
    2/8/11
    University at Buffalo researchers are creating a new and unusual "app" for the smart phone: tracking air pollution.
  • $2 million in Stimulus Funding Supports Purchase of Two Mass Spectrometers for Health and Environmental Research
    2/8/11
    Two new, high-powered mass spectrometers worth a total of more than $2 million will enable University at Buffalo scientists to conduct a variety of health and environmental studies without outsourcing lab work to institutions outside of Western New York.