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  • In the African Highlands, Climate Extremes Are a Critical Factor in Malaria Epidemics, UB Research Shows
    2/12/04
    Seasonal fluctuations in a region's climate, rather than consistently high annual temperatures or levels of rainfall, play an important role in causing malaria epidemics in the African highlands, a new research paper by University at Buffalo biologists reports.
  • CCR and Verizon Bring Bioinformatics to High Schools
    2/5/04
    A strategy in Buffalo aimed at stimulating awareness of careers in the life sciences, particularly bioinformatics, has spurred local teachers and the Center for Computational Research at the University at Buffalo to develop several in-school programs to introduce bioinformatics to area high school students.
  • New Swimsuit Technology Developed at UB Introduced at World Cup Meet
    1/30/04
    Scientists at the University at Buffalo have a patent pending on a structural element that can improve a swimmer's time by decreasing the force water exerts on swimmers, called "drag," by 10 percent when incorporated into swimsuit design.
  • UB Software to Give U.S. Military a Clearer Picture of 'Theater of War'
    1/29/04
    Researchers at the University at Buffalo are developing a software system that may help the U.S. military and its allied forces lift the "fog of war" in their theaters of operation. The system is designed to fuse and share information received from multiple air and ground sensors used by the military to predict and track movements of enemy and friendly troops, artillery and aircraft.
  • Software Developed by UB Geographers is the First to Show How Quickly Fire Companies Respond to Urban Blazes
    1/29/04
    University at Buffalo geographers have developed the first software tool that determines precisely how long it takes for fire companies to reach fires, medical emergencies and sites of other rescue operations in order to assess how well a city is being served by the quantity and distribution of its firefighting resources.
  • International Photonics Workshop to be Held
    1/29/04
    Cutting-edge research in photonics will be presented at the International Workshop on Photonics, being held from 8:15 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. on Feb. 2 in the Jeanette Martin Room, 567 Capen Hall, North Campus.
  • HP Collaborates with University at Buffalo to Advance Computational Research
    1/28/04
    HP (NYSE:HPQ) today announced it has joined forces with the University at Buffalo, State University of New York (UB), to deploy infrastructure technology and academic resources that will power the university's world-class Center for Computational Research.
  • UB Graduate Students Help Buffalo's West Side Assess the Quality of Its Food Supply
    1/23/04
    Eleven graduate students in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning recently completed a studio in which they focused on the food supply for Buffalo's West Side -- an area where two large grocery stores recently closed and where diabetes, obesity, heart disease and other illnesses caused in part or whole by poor nutrition already are rampant.
  • Quebec Architect Saucier to Lecture at UB
    1/22/04
    Quebec architect Gilles Saucier, who currently has models of his work on display in the Dyett Gallery in the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning, will give a lecture at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 28 in 301 Crosby Hall on the UB South (Main Street) Campus.
  • Unbelted Passengers Become "Backseat Bullets" During Collision
    1/20/04
    Drivers, when you fasten your seat belt, make sure the person sitting behind you buckles up, too. It could save your life, as well as your passenger's. That's the message from research conducted by investigators at the Center for Transportation Injury Research (CenTIR), affiliated with the University of Buffalo (UB) and the Calspan UB Research Center.