Science and Technology

News about the latest UB research in science, engineering and technology, and its impact on society. (see all topics)

Companies founded by students, faculty, alumni and others accepted into START-UP NY
12/16/15
The companies expect to create 72 jobs and invest $3.6 million in the Buffalo Niagara Region within five years.
Venu Govindaraju named Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors
12/15/15
The honor is given to researchers who have created outstanding inventions that have made a tangible impact on quality of life, economic development, and the welfare of society.
Media Advisory: Hundreds of students, grades 1-12, to attend computer science event Friday night
12/10/15
The event aligns with a White House-sponsored initiative that aims to improve student access to computer science.
UB researcher tapped for cellphone-based health survey project
12/9/15
Gary Giovino, PhD, is facilitating the development of the Bloomberg Philanthropies Data for Health non-communicable disease risk factor mobile phone survey.
UB researcher develops model to show effects of personalizing online information
12/7/15
Are your political sensitivities more to the left or to the right? Which candidate are you supporting? Is a particular social policy likely to achieve its goal?
Extremist groups have global audience at their fingertips due to social media, UB expert says
12/4/15
Online communication amplifies polarized attitudes, says UB's Michael Stefanone.
Study undercuts idea that ‘Medieval Warm Period’ was global
12/4/15
Vikings may not have colonized Greenland in nice weather, new research finds.
Twitter data can make roads safer during inclement weather
12/2/15
It’s “Snowing like CRAZY up in here” and other tweets can boost computer models that guide traffic.
VTech hack is the first major attack to gain access to minors’ accounts
12/1/15
More than 200,000 of the 5 million accounts stolen in a cyberattack on the digital toymaker VTech belonged to children, information that hackers could use to open credit card accounts, according to a UB expert in cyber deception.
Transforming nonlinear optics with metamaterials
11/26/15
UB researchers, in a paper to be published Friday in the journal Science, examine how nonlinear optics is poised to deliver breakthroughs in medicine, energy, electronics and other areas.

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