Science and Technology

News about the latest UB research in science, engineering and technology, and its impact on society. (see all topics)

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  • UB Computational and Life Scientists Working Side by Side to Tackle Cancer, Heart Disease, Multiple Sclerosis
    9/16/03
    Linking computer scientists with life scientists to develop computational tools that will help draw a far more complete picture of the causes behind complex diseases like cancer, multiple sclerosis and coronary artery disease is the goal of researchers at the University at Buffalo working under two major federal grants totaling $2.8 million.
  • Chief Architect for Federal GSA to Speak at UB
    9/15/03
    Edward Feiner, chief architect for the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA), will open the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning's fall lecture series with a talk at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in 301 Crosby Hall on the UB South (Main Street) Campus.
  • Andre Filiatrault Named Deputy Director of Earthquake Engineering Research Center at UB
    9/12/03
    Andre Filiatrault, Ph.D. -- a leading expert on shake-table testing of structural and nonstructural building components, including electrical substation equipment -- has been named deputy director of the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research (MCEER) headquartered at the University at Buffalo. MCEER is a National Science Foundation "Center of Excellence" in earthquake engineering.
  • CATE to Provide Training for Buffalo Teachers
    9/12/03
    However grave the budget crisis that afflicts the Buffalo Public Schools this year, its teachers will get a technological leg up on their computer-savvy students. The University at Buffalo's Center for Applied Technologies in Education (CATE) will provide on-site, in-service training in a variety of educational technologies to more than 3,500 Buffalo school teachers during the 2003-04 school year through its "Push-In Technology Training Program."
  • Important Scientific and Technological Advances to be Topic of Series Sponsored by UB Libraries
    9/11/03
    Western New Yorkers will have the opportunity to learn about and discuss some of the important scientific and technological advances of our time during "Research Revolution: Science and the Shaping of Modern Life," a free video and discussion series to be offered during October by the University at Buffalo Libraries.
  • UB to Train Local Delphi Thermal Suppliers in Principles of Lean Manufacturing
    9/11/03
    The Center for Industrial Effectiveness (TCIE) at the University at Buffalo is administering a 20-month program to deliver lean manufacturing training and implementation support to 16 Western New York companies that are suppliers to Delphi Thermal's Plant in Lockport.
  • Molecular Biology Software Aims to do for Biotech Scientists what Word Processing Accomplished for Writers
    9/10/03
    A new software package under development by Virmatics, LLC., a spin-off company formed by researchers at the University at Buffalo and the Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute, will provide molecular biologists with the tools they need to design successful experiments, potentially boosting the pace of new drug discoveries.
  • PDAs Are as Indispensable as Stethoscopes at UB as Medical School Mandates Them for All Students
    9/5/03
    At the University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, all medical students have added something new -- and high-tech -- to their list of must-have school supplies: a personal digital assistant, more commonly known as a PDA.
  • UB to Join Research Initiatives of New Regional Center of Excellence in Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Disease in Albany
    9/5/03
    The University at Buffalo has been selected to partner in the research initiatives of the new Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research (RCE) to be established at the New York State Department of Health in Albany.
  • Electronic Packaging Lab at UB Developing Ways to Make Electronic Devices Smaller, Faster and More Reliable
    9/3/03
    Some of the world's most advanced research in micro- and nanoelectronic-packaging reliability is taking place in the Electronic Packaging Laboratory in the University at Buffalo School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. UB engineers are addressing critical problems confronting the electronics industry as it attempts to make electronic packages much smaller and more reliable. Their research is helping to reduce the size and increase the speed and life span of electronic devices, and is opening the door for the creation of new devices.