Science and Technology

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  • Advances in Information Technology Are Not Likely to Replace Books in Libraries, UB Experts Say
    6/18/99
    One aspect of the rich and complex history of human knowledge -- its recording, transmission and preservation -- has been altered irrevocably by the advancement of information technology. But the replacement of a libraries' millions of bound volumes by electronic versions is no more than a twinkle in the eye of someone who is not a librarian, University at Buffalo librarians say.
  • When the Driver Doesn’t Buckle Up, Neither Do the Passengers, UB Study Finds
    6/16/99
    "Friends don't let friends -- or their spouses or children -- drive unbelted." That should be the theme of a public-education campaign aimed at increasing seatbelt use, according to an industrial engineer who recently completed a study on the subject while pursuing graduate work at the University at Buffalo.
  • Humanities Scholars Turn An Eye To The Many Implications Of Information Technologies
    6/2/99
    In our collective exuberance over the astonishing explosion in the field of information technology during the past two decades, we may overlook something just as important -- the investigation of its meaning. This observation by the faculty and graduate students who comprise the University at Buffalo's Critical and Cultural Studies in Information Technologies group has led to the development of a new array of courses exploring the forces shaping technology and its uses that is among the first of its kind in the nation.
  • Symposium To Honor Ruckenstein, National Medal of Science Recipient
    5/25/99
    A Chemical Engineering Symposium in honor of Eli Ruckenstein, SUNY Distinguished Professor in the University at Buffalo Department of Chemical Engineering and 1998 winner of the prestigious National Medal of Science, will be held June 18-19 at UB.
  • Is Handwriting Truly Individual? UB Computer Scientists Are Finding Out
    5/25/99
    Ransom notes, like the one left behind in the JonBenet Ramsey murder case, and other handwritten documents that provide clues to criminal cases may soon be easier to analyze, thanks to research being conducted by University at Buffalo computer scientists.
  • "Smart Concrete" Would Determine Weight of Trucks as They Travel on a Highway
    5/19/99
    Truck-weighing stations on highways could become a thing of the past as a result of a new application for "smart concrete" developed by University at Buffalo engineers.
  • UB Computer Scientist Cai Wins Humboldt Research Award
    5/19/99
    Jin-Yi Cai, Ph.D., a professor of computer science and engineering at the University at Buffalo, has been awarded the Humboldt Research Award for Senior U.S. Scientists by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
  • UB Engineers Develop Virtual-Factory Software
    5/14/99
    Imagine walking through an assembly plant that hasn't been built yet and moving around pieces of equipment that weigh several tons just by pointing and dragging your mouse. It's now possible with new, virtual-factory software that has been developed by University at Buffalo engineers.
  • 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.