Science and Technology

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

Saving Saintpaulia, the African violet
6/21/16
The ubiquitous houseplant is imperiled in the wild, and UB scientists are crowdfunding an effort to sequence its genome.
Summer in the sandbox
6/21/16
UB-led program pays students to grow their startups.
UB and VCAMP partner to accelerate health care software startups
6/14/16
UB's Buffalo Institute for Genomics and Data Analytics is partnering with VCAMP to form a lean-startup health-care software venture accelerator that will assist in the university’s regional economic development efforts.
Vaccine watches bacteria, strikes only when trouble stirs
6/6/16
The new immunization approach may someday stamp out pneumonia, meningitis and other illnesses.
Study explores effect of manure management on antibiotic resistance, residues
6/6/16
UB and other university researchers partner with dairy farms across the Northeast on an innovative study.
New smartphone app makes it easy to find -- and enroll in -- clinical trials
6/1/16
A UB researcher funded by the Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) has developed a smartphone app designed to boost clinical trial recruitment by taking advantage of smartphone technology.
UB RENEW Institute awards seed grants to five projects related to energy, environment and water sustainability
5/27/16
Researchers will tackle solar power, climate change in WNY, e-waste, pollution at Lake Erie’s Woodlawn Beach and more.
Engineers discover a new gatekeeper for light
5/26/16
Finding paves the way for devices that switch quickly between transparency and opacity to specific forms of light.
UB bear geneticist to appear in Animal Planet’s MONSTER WEEK special, YETI OR NOT
5/25/16
Researcher Charlotte Lindqvist analyzed DNA samples for the special which will be broadcast May 29.
Media Advisory: Next wave of entrepreneurs to take center stage at Bright Buffalo Niagara
5/25/16
UB’s Bright Buffalo Niagara program will showcase the next wave of entrepreneurs and promising startup companies on June 15, and will include a keynote address by Bill Rancic, entrepreneur, investor and winner of “The Apprentice.”

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