Science and Technology

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

Media Advisory: UB to host kid-friendly robotics event Saturday
10/26/18
Activities include rides in a self-driving bus, robot demonstrations, robot programing and learning about careers in robotics.
UB spinoff Cytocybernetics looks to move into new market with funding from NIH
10/17/18
New SBIR award will enable the company to develop a device for studying drugs that treat neurological disorders.
How does brain structure influence performance on language tasks?
10/17/18
Computational modeling shows promise as a tool for probing this question, a study finds.
Shining bright! U.S. Crystal Growing Competition celebrates 5th year
10/16/18
The contest — founded by a UB chemist — reaches thousands of children around the country each year.
3D printers have ‘fingerprints,’ a discovery that could help trace 3D-printed guns, counterfeit goods
10/16/18
The study describes what's believed to be the first accurate method for tracing a 3D-printed object to the machine it came from.
Study exposes security vulnerabilities in terahertz data links
10/15/18
Scientists have assumed that future terahertz data links would be immune to eavesdropping, but new research shows that’s not necessarily the case.
UB project to examine ethical issues of using artificial intelligence in the criminal justice system
10/12/18
An ambitious new project spearheaded by Jonathan Manes, assistant clinical professor of law, will examine ethical and social concerns raised by the increasing use of artificial intelligence, or AI.
A tree with 40 fruits? A car devoured by pollutant-hungry microbes? Artists test limits of nature through UB Coalesce program
10/10/18
Seven artists from around the world will explore questions surrounding the intersection of nature and the unnatural as the newest biological art residents in the University at Buffalo Coalesce: Center for Biological Arts.
For clean tech company launched by UB PhD grad, 43North finals were an ‘awesome’ experience
10/10/18
Dimien, a chemical maker with a focus on eco-friendly manufacturing, previously won the Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition.
Study: Sexes differ when it comes to comfort during and after exercise
10/8/18
Study is the first to highlight sex differences in thermal behavior and could one day inform the development of new athletic apparel.

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