Science and Technology

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  • UB Physicist Wins Serbia's Prestigious Marko Jaric Award
    8/31/12
    Dejan Stojkovic, an associate professor of physics at the University at Buffalo, has received the Marko Jaric Award, recognized as one of the most prestigious scientific prizes granted to researchers of Serbian origin.
  • One-of-a-Kind Smartphone Lab Takes Shape at UB
    8/30/12
    University at Buffalo researchers are enlisting hundreds of students to build an unprecedented smartphone network that will help scientists improve handheld computers and better understand how the devices are changing the world.
  • Summer Research Projects take UB Honors College Students to Unexpected Places
    8/28/12
    Most college students spent the last few months back home enjoying the warm weather and their mother's home-cooked meals. However, Haley Arnold, a University at Buffalo sophomore chemistry major, found herself on Sapelo Island, a small unpopulated island off the coast of Georgia, researching algae blooms.
  • Hoppity, Hippity, It's Serendipity: UB's Shepard to Present at Venice Architecture Biennale
    8/24/12
    The Venice Architecture Biennale is the most prestigious architecture event in the world, and when the 13th biennale opens on Aug. 29, University at Buffalo innovator Mark Shepard will be there with bells on.
  • Technology Review Names UB Chemist as One of the World's Top Innovators Under 35
    8/21/12
    MIT's Technology Review magazine today named Sarbajit Banerjee, UB assistant professor of chemistry, as one of the world's top innovators under the age of 35.
  • Coolture: Fighting Heat Intolerance With Fashion
    8/17/12
    UB helps a former DKNY designer launch Coolture, an apparel company devoted to keeping people with chronic illnesses cool -- and stylish -- in summer.
  • Forbes Features UB Grad on All-Star Student Entrepreneurs List
    8/1/12
    Forbes today named a 2011 UB graduate to the magazine's exclusive list of 2012 All-Star Student Entrepreneurs, which honors nine young men and women around the country who launched significant businesses while still in school.
  • In Fly DNA, the Footprint of a Fly Virus
    8/1/12
    In a curious evolutionary twist, several species of a commonly studied fruit fly appear to have incorporated genetic material from a virus into their genomes, according to new research by University at Buffalo biologists.
  • Simulating Volcano Eruptions, One Blast at a Time
    7/31/12
    A voice carried across the treeless plateau: "Fire in the hole! The range is now active." Two dozen people fell silent before a muffled blast sent a geyser-like shower of crushed gravel, limestone and asphalt roughly 50 feet in the air. Moments later, standing at the blast site, University at Buffalo geology professor Greg Valentine gave an impromptu assessment.
  • Polar Bear Evolution Tracked Climate Change, New DNA Study Suggests
    7/23/12
    An analysis of newly sequenced polar bear genomes is providing important clues about the species' evolution, suggesting that climate change and genetic exchange with brown bears helped create the polar bear as we know it today.