Science and Technology

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

UB chemist heads to Washington D.C. to receive presidential mentoring award
6/16/15
Trip will include an awards ceremony hosted by the National Science Foundation and a visit to the White House.
UB Space Bulls place third at NASA Mars rover contest in Texas
6/12/15
At the contest, the rover's arm failed, forcing the students to act quickly — they needed to make the fix within 10 minutes or they’d be disqualified.
UB to co-sponsor 10 local biotech companies at BIO International Convention
6/11/15
The University at Buffalo’s New York State Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics and Life Sciences will co-sponsor 10 local biotech companies at the 2015 BIO International Convention, to be held June 15-18 in Philadelphia.
Companies founded by UB faculty member and alumnus among latest START-UP NY businesses
6/3/15
The group includes For-Robin, a UB spinoff company developing a cancer therapy.
Engineers turn E. coli into tiny factories for producing new forms of popular antibiotic
5/29/15
Three new varieties of erythromycin created by UB researchers kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
Study explores how past Native American settlement modified WNY forests
5/28/15
Fire-tolerant trees that bear edible nuts were unusually abundant near Native American villages in Chautauqua County, UB researchers say.
UB invests $25 million to address pressing societal problems regionally and worldwide
5/28/15
UB is investing $25 million in an initiative that will harness the strengths of UB faculty from disciplines across the university to confront grand challenges facing humankind.
This Slinky lookalike “hyperlens” helps us see tiny objects
5/22/15
It looks like a Slinky suspended in motion. Yet this photonics advancement – called a metamaterial hyperlens – doesn’t climb down stairs. Instead, it improves our ability to see tiny objects.
With one false tweet, computer-based Hack Crash led to real panic
5/20/15
A false tweet from a hacked account owned by the Associated Press in 2013 sent financial markets into a tailspin
UB and Roswell Park receive $1.85M grant to launch stem cell research program
5/15/15
The grant will support eight graduate students per year for five years.

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