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Bright Buffalo Niagara to showcase hot investment prospects from 43North
10/29/14
The Bright Buffalo Niagara Semifinalist Meet-Up will give more than 50 investors the opportunity to engage with semifinalists in 43North, the world’s largest business plan competition.
Bright Buffalo Niagara to showcase the hottest investment prospects from the 43North competition
10/27/14
Bright Buffalo Niagara will partner with 43North, the world’s largest business plan competition being held in Buffalo to showcase some of the hottest investment prospects from across the globe, to present The Bright Buffalo Niagara Semifinalist Meet-Up.
New study traces Ebola's ancient roots
10/24/14
The family of viruses housing Ebola and Marburg is ancient, and the two viruses last shared a common ancestor millions of years ago, UB scientists say.
UB student receives prestigious space research scholarship
10/22/14
Kristina Monakhova, a junior electrical engineering major at the University at Buffalo, has another accomplishment to add to her list.
A new approach to hazmat trucking
10/21/14
A new shipping simulator will prioritize safety, which often takes a back seat to speed when transporting hazardous materials such as gasoline or medical waste from hospitals.
‘Collaborations’ key to UB’s STEM education success
10/21/14
Educators in the Niagara Falls City School District knew they could build the perfect state-of-the-art lab space with flashy, high-tech devices and a STEM curriculum resembling traditional teaching methods. That alone would have been enough to be a showpiece in their district.
Bling, bling! UB chemist hosts national crystal-growing contest
10/20/14
Judges will be looking for qualities familiar to people who have shopped for a diamond ring: Size, clarity and shape all matter.
UB awarded multi-million dollar NIH funding to continue innovative HIV drug development
10/16/14
BUFFALO, N.Y. – The University at Buffalo School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has received three grants totaling $3.85 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for the Translational Pharmacology Research Core and its HIV Clinical Pharmacology Research Program.
UB engineers explore new ways to extend smartphone battery life
10/10/14
Three research groups receive a combined $1.3 million to improve smartphone energy management.
Middle school students to become cybersleuths for a day
10/10/14
A piece of a cybersecurity display has gone missing and it’s up to a group of 50 students in grades five through eight grade to track it down using digital clues.