Science and Technology

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

This necklace 'hears' what you eat
3/16/16
The food-tracking wearable device may help fight diabetes, obesity and more.
UB’s Prasad receives SPIE Gold Medal
3/14/16
The award is the highest honor bestowed by the international society for optics and photonics.
UB awarded $2.6 million from SUNY to recruit top faculty researchers for biomedical engineering and UB RENEW
3/11/16
The funds come from SUNY’s Empire Innovation Program, which helps campus efforts to recruit faculty with proven track records of externally-funded research.
UB and Roswell Park to host second annual Genome Day
3/9/16
UB and Roswell Park Cancer Institute will team up on March 10 to welcome 400 eighth graders from Buffalo Public Schools to participate in Genome Day.
How rivers of hot ash and gas move when a supervolcano erupts
3/7/16
Study suggests that pyroclastic flows traveled in dense, slow-moving currents during one ancient supereruption.
Media Advisory: Grand opening of Blackstone LaunchPad for student entrepreneurs
3/4/16
The program and resource will serve UB’s approximate 30,000 students, regardless of major or experience.
The secret to 3-D graphene? Just freeze it
3/3/16
Engineers tame the notoriously fickle supermaterial in aerogel form with a 3-D printer and ice.
BPS students participate in interactive STEM tour on Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus
3/1/16
Nearly 90 fifth graders from West Hertel Academy tested their science, technology, engineering and math skills on March 1 by 3-D printing model wind turbines, building light-powered LEGO cranes and learning how GPS is used to locate shared bikes.
UB’s Bright Buffalo Niagara seeking applicants for $25K entrepreneur pitch competition
2/29/16
Applications are open for the seventh annual Bright Buffalo Niagara Entrepreneur Expo, which will be held on June 15 at the Hotel @ The Lafayette, 391 Washington St., Buffalo.
Scientists and artists say: Bring on the noise!
2/26/16
Artists and academics will provide diverse perspectives on the science and aesthetics of noise at Buffalo’s next Science & Art Cabaret.

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