Science and Technology

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  • Using GIS, Simulation of Flu-Like Illnesses Like SARS Draws a Nuanced Picture of Public Health Threats
    10/24/03
    A new, computational method for simulating the spread of flu-like illnesses like SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) that is being developed by a University at Buffalo geographer may provide policymakers and analysts with new ammunition for studying and predicting the pattern of public-health threats in urban communities.
  • UB Researchers Developing Sensor to Detect Agents Used in Biological Warfare
    10/22/03
    Researchers from the University at Buffalo are developing a handheld sensor that can detect the presence of toxins potentially used as agents in biological warfare.
  • UB and UR Technologies Being Licensed By Company for Product That Will Put Prescriptions on Digital Paper
    10/21/03
    Illegible prescriptions scrawled on physicians' notepads could become a thing of the past, thanks to two complementary technologies developed at the University at Buffalo and the University of Rochester that together are being licensed by mobileLexis, a digital paper solutions company based in Salt Lake City, Utah.
  • Gray Matter Damage in the Brain of MS Patients Linked to Cognitive, Physical Deficits, New UB Research Finds
    10/21/03
    The mental impairment and problems with walking experienced by patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) are linked to damage in the brain's gray matter, with MRI findings suggesting the damage is due to toxic deposits of iron, researchers from the University at Buffalo have shown for the first time.
  • UB Industrial Engineering Department Receives Two Awards from International Ergonomics Association
    10/20/03
    The work of the Department of Industrial Engineering in the University at Buffalo's School of Engineering and Applied Sciences was recognized with two awards at the International Ergonomics Association (IEA) Congress held recently in Seoul, South Korea.
  • UB Launches Its Own High-Speed Data Line to Link Campuses, Affiliated Research Institutions, Boosting Speed by a Factor of 1,000
    10/14/03
    The University at Buffalo this fall will lay approximately 14 miles of fiber-optic cable to enhance critical, high-speed data links between its two campuses and with affiliated research institutions, providing critical connectivity to support its research activity, particularly for the UB Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics.
  • Sperm from Marijuana Smokers Move Too Fast Too Early, Impairing Fertility, UB Research Shows
    10/13/03
    Men who smoke marijuana frequently have significantly less seminal fluid, a lower total sperm count and their sperm behave abnormally, all of which may affect fertility adversely, a new study in reproductive physiology at the University at Buffalo has shown.
  • UB Graduate Students Design Metaphorical Home for "Water-Souls Longing for the Sea"
    10/7/03
    The process by which architects are trained involves a complex mix of architectural history and philosophical concepts of space, time, place, analogy and "re-making" that is difficult to describe. Occasionally there is an opportunity to examine at one time and place just how an architect-in-training learns that process. The 10-week, three-course summer graduate seminar conducted in Barcelona, Spain, by the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning is one such opportunity.
  • UB Community Initiative Works to Visually Brand and Market the University Heights District
    10/6/03
    The University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning and a consortium of commercial and community leaders are working to identify, analyze and ultimately help resolve issues of concern to Buffalo's University Heights neighborhood in which UB's South (Main Street) Campus is located.
  • UB Surface Scientists Solve the Riddle of Why One Fiberglass, Which 'Should' be Pathogenic, Isn't
    10/1/03
    The tradeoff in fiberglass insulation products has always been between strength and safety: making glass fibers stronger by adding aluminum oxide to them also increases the risk that they will cause lung cancer when inhaled. But biomaterials and biophotonics researchers at the University at Buffalo recently reported on the surprising chemical mechanism behind one type of fiberglass fortified with aluminum oxide that does not persist in the lungs.