Exploring Homeowner Decisions After Disaster Strikes
Alex Greer, an associate professor at the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security and Cybersecurity, has spent more than a decade studying hazard adjustments and relocation decisions in the wake of weather and climate disasters.
UAlbany Researcher Studying Impact of PFAS ‘Forever Chemicals’ on Edible Crops, Food Quality
Weilan Zhang, an assistant professor in the University at Albany’s College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering, was awarded nearly $420,000 from the National Science Foundation to study how the accumulation of toxic “forever chemicals” in edible plants impacts food quality and safety.
$380K in Bridge Funding Sustains Critical UAlbany Research
The bridge fund is awarding $381,435 to projects impacted by federal funding cuts or delays in areas ranging from extreme weather decision-making to RNA research and a critical analysis of how scientific data is misused to fuel conspiracy theories about demographic trends.
UAlbany Study Finds Significant Pay Gap Between Nurse Educators and Clinical Nurses
New research from the Center for Health Workforce Studies found that nurses working in education make considerably less than nurses working in clinical settings. This disparity in pay is a major contributor to the shortage of nursing educators and complicates efforts to build the health workforce pipeline.
UAlbany Researchers Launch Winter Storm Preparedness Tool for Erie County
The Erie County Winter Weather Storm Scale features a public website rich with weather information to help people make informed decisions and stay safe.
LZ Sets a World’s Best in the Hunt for Galactic Dark Matter
The latest results from the groundbreaking LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment have set a new world-leading standard for dark matter detection sensitivity. UAlbany researchers Cecilia Levy and Matthew Szydagis are part of a team of more than 250 scientists who collaborated on the latest findings, presented today in a scientific talk at the Sanford Underground Research Facility.
UAlbany Atmospheric Scientist Proposes Innovative Method to Reduce Aviation’s Climate Impact
ASRC's Fangqun Yu suggests that adding a tiny amount of ice-nucleating particles into aircraft engine exhaust could make contrails far less harmful by shortening their lifespan.