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NSF Grant Funds Research of Curvature and Symmetry
What does the surface of a desk and the surface of a beach ball or bagel have in common? The answer is, if you zoom in close enough on each item, they all look flat. Of course, we all know…
Newhouse Professors Receive Funding for Work on Technology to Combat Fake News
Two professors from the Newhouse School have received an $830,958 subcontract agreement for the development of technology to detect manipulated media and combat the spread of fake news. Stephen Masiclat, professor and director of new media management and director of…
Where Does the Water Go?
Beavers play an important role in maintaining the habitat around streams throughout the United States. Beaver dams slow water velocity, preventing stream banks from eroding. Without these dams, the rushing water and sediment cuts the stream channel deeper into the…
“They Go to Mommy First”
Research conducted by Danielle Rhubart, a post-doctoral scholar with the Maxwell School’s Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion, was cited in a New York Times article, “They Go to Mommy First.” Rhubart’s research brief, Gender Disparities in Caretaking during the…
Chemist Develops Potential Drug to Treat Type 2 Diabetes Without Harsh Side Effects
Robert P. Doyle, the Laura J. and L. Douglas Meredith Professor in the Department of Chemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences and adjunct associate professor of medicine at SUNY Upstate Medical University, has developed a new drug lead…
Physicist Awarded NSF Grant for Gravitational Wave Research
Duncan Brown, the Charles Brightman Professor of Physics in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S), has been awarded a three-year grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to study the universe using gravitational waves. Gravitational waves are ripples in…
A&S Researchers Study the Amount of Carbon Dioxide Released at the East African Rift System
Calculating Earth’s carbon budget is vitally important in the effort to track global warming and climate change. The carbon budget is the cumulative amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions permitted over a period of time to keep the Earth’s atmosphere…
Professor and Ph.D. Student Receive NSF Grant for Business Focusing on 3D Printing of Microfluidic Devices
Too small to be seen even with standard microscopes, microfluidics research looms large over many aspects of biochemistry, nanotechnology and biotechnology research. Precision microfluidics involve a device that has channels allowing a flow of just 50 microns or less. A…
Rethinking Our Built and Open Spaces After a Pandemic
Keep 6 feet away from others. Avoid crowds. Stay home. In this time of a pandemic, social distancing guidelines promote separation to avoid catching and slow the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. As local and state governments begin…
Professor Karson Finds Important Connection Between Geological and Biological Processes
Did you know that over 70 percent of the Earth’s volcanic activity happens on the seafloor along underwater mountain ranges called mid-ocean ridges (MOR)? Lava flows are fed by subsurface magma chambers that heat the rocks and emit large amounts…