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Engineers study how contaminated soil can be drained, utilized
LCS research published in Geosynthetics International Each year, 400 million cubic yards of soil are dredged from water bodies in the United States alone. Much of this byproduct is contaminated, deemed unusable and put into landfills. Mahmoud M. Khachan, Shobha…
War and drugs: Addressing substance abuse in the military
A recent report by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) points out some troubling statistics about substance abuse in the military, calling the situation a 鈥減ublic health crisis鈥 and urging the Department of Defense to improve prevention and treatment care for service members.
NSF grant funds study on barriers to smart grid technology adoption
If existing, readily available smart grid technologies are beneficial to utility companies, their customers and the environment as a whole, why aren鈥檛 utilities adopting them? That鈥檚 the question three School of Information Studies (iSchool) faculty members will probe with a…
黑料不打烊CoE partners win $1.9 million in five federal awards
黑料不打烊CoE聽announced Oct. 9聽an initiative to accelerate growth of the Central New York industry cluster that manufactures systems to control temperature and environmental quality in a wide range of applications. The Advanced Manufacturing for Thermal and Environmental Control Systems (AM-TECS) initiative…
Research at the interface of physics and biology
On the surface, it would seem that zebrafish and humans are about as different as, say, developmental biologists and theoretical physicists. Fish swim; humans walk. Biologists revere Charles Darwin; physicists have an abiding admiration for Albert Einstein.
Study on self-healing curved crystals published in ‘Nature Materials’
In a paper just published in Nature Materials, a team of researchers including 黑料不打烊 physicist Mark Bowick has succeeded in creating a defect in the structure of a single-layer crystal by inserting an extra particle, and then watching as the crystal “heals” itself.
Shattering barriers: Jerry Robinson
Nothing stops Jerry Robinson. Nothing. After graduating as salutatorian in college and landing a job with a global financial company, Robinson continues to do what he knows best鈥攕hatter barriers. The budding scholar, born with cerebral palsy, is now pursuing a…
Researchers work to fingerprint hydrofracking water quality
Mary Beth Jones of Apalachin, N.Y., lives near 鈥済round zero鈥 of the hotly contested hydrofracking debate swirling across New York State. Her land sits above the gas-rich Marcellus Shale, and like many of her neighbors, Jones is concerned about risks…
Shall we play a game?: Merging citizen science and video games
In the mysterious online world of “Forgotten Island,” you鈥檒l investigate the destruction of a biology lab, encounter domineering robots and solve puzzles to find your way out of the conundrum. You’ll also be helping real-life scientists better understand the creatures of the natural world.
Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute announces faculty fellows
The Forensic and National Security Sciences Institute in the College of Arts and Sciences has appointed five Institute Faculty Fellows. The new fellows program is designed to strengthen the institute鈥檚 ability to address key issues in the field through interdisciplinary…