Science and Technology

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  • Researcher Uses Self-Assembling Molecules as 'Legos'
    5/14/99
    Paschalis Alexandridis, Ph.D., has been awarded a National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development grant to study amphiphilic molecules, which are found in substances ranging from cell membranes, to shampoo/conditioners, to the ink in your ink-jet printer.
  • $1 Million Grant to Accelerate UB Studies of Cell Protein Structures Implicated In Diseases
    5/13/99
    The California-based W.M. Keck Foundation has given a $1 million grant to the University at Buffalo that will move UB to the forefront in single-molecule and biomedical research.
  • Lower Great Lakes Database Developed
    5/13/99
    A searchable database on the Lower Great Lakes has been developed by the Great Lakes Program at the University at Buffalo and New York Sea Grant.
  • International Meeting to Focus On Structural Optimization
    5/5/99
    The third World Congress of Structural and Multidisciplinary Optimization, an international conference focusing on research into all aspects of the optimal design of structures and systems, will be held May 17-21 at the University at Buffalo. It will be the first time the conference will be held in the U.S.
  • Algorithms Used In Military Radar Systems Have Potential to Improve Medical Ultrasonic Imaging
    4/21/99
    Radar systems employing image-formation algorithms developed by a University at Buffalo associate professor -- and likely being used by NATO planes to spot hidden targets in Yugoslavia -- have the potential to significantly improve medical ultrasonic imaging.
  • Sustainable Building Design to Be Focus of Workshop
    4/14/99
    "Building for the Future: Sustainable Building Design and Construction Training Workshop," sponsored by UB and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, will be held at UB on April 26-28.
  • UB Ranks In Top 50 of America's "Wired" Campuses
    4/6/99
    Yahoo! Internet Life, has ranked the University at Buffalo at No. 47 on its list of 100 Most Wired Colleges in the U.S.
  • UB Researcher Wins NSF Grant to Apply Game Theory Used By Military Strategists to Manufacturing Design Process
    3/25/99
    A University at Buffalo professor has received a prestigious National Science Foundation grant to apply game theory -- the same theory military strategists use -- to improve the design process for such items as aircraft, cars and buildings.
  • Improved Fitness Lowers Mortality Risk of Male Heart-Attack Survivors
    3/24/99
    Increasing fitness appears to help men live longer following a heart attack, the first long-term follow-up study of participants in the National Exercise and Heart Disease Project, conducted by researchers at the University at Buffalo, has shown.
  • Research Cruise Will Allow Volcanologist to Make First-Ever Computer Simulations of Eruptions Under The Sea
    2/24/99
    The most volcanically active place on Earth produces eruptions that no human being has ever seen. But Tracy Gregg, an assistant professor of geology at the University at Buffalo, is getting pretty close.