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Students take top honors in hackathons in Ohio, Michigan
11/7/13
BUFFALO, N.Y. – University at Buffalo computer science students outwitted the competition at two recent hackathons, taking home top honors and thousands of dollars in prizes.
Research aims to improve transit and sidewalk access for people with disabilities
10/29/13
Carnegie Mellon University and the University at Buffalo are collaborating on a five-year, $4.6 million federally funded project to advance physical access and public transportation for people with disabilities.
How problems with an Alzheimer’s protein can jam up traffic in the brain
10/28/13
Incorrect levels of the protein presenilin can lead to dangerous blockages in brain cells, a new UB study finds.
NSF grant funds UB communication research into anti-phishing models
10/24/13
Arun Vishwanath has received a three-year $320,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to launch a research project to learn just how people fall victim to cyber-phishing attacks and what tools can be used to protect them.
Engineering alumnus gives $500,000 to support professorship
10/24/13
A graduate of the doctoral industrial engineering program has given $500,000 to help establish a professorship in the UB School of Engineering and Applied Sciences.
Taking the Internet underwater
10/14/13
The framework UB is developing would would transmit data from existing and planned underwater sensor networks to laptops, smartphones and other wireless devices in real time.
Buffalo Science & Art Cabaret celebrates 5th season
10/14/13
The Science & Art Cabaret's 5th season opens Oct. 23 with an event called “Hysteresis," where speakers will discuss how memory relates to fields from physics to photography.
Nobel Prize for Higgs boson thrills UB physicists
10/8/13
University at Buffalo physicists who took part in a decades-long search for the Higgs boson, an important subatomic particle, were thrilled by the announcement today of a Higgs-related Nobel Prize.
Water and lava, but — curiously — no explosion
10/7/13
Land-based lava pillars in Iceland may have formed through an unusual reaction typically seen deep under the sea, a new UB study finds.
UB team receives $1.4M to mine big data for transportation improvements
10/4/13
The grant recognizes UB as one of 33 University Transportation Centers nationwide and is a joint effort between the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the School of Management