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Archaeologists work in a hole digging with tools, with one person recording notes, in the background is an archway of a ruined church from the 1500s.
Study Reveals a Maya Town’s Defiant Stand in Early Colonial Era
In the rolling countryside of the northern Yucatán, a team of researchers led by UAlbany anthropologist Marilyn Masson has brought to light the story of Hunacti — a short-lived 16th-century mission town whose stone streets and Spanish-style church mask a deeper narrative of relentless persecution, resilience and a quiet adherence to Maya religious traditions.
A man wearing glasses, protective goggles and a green lab coat handles a lab instrument that features a metal cylinder containing a lit glass chamber.
UAlbany Chemists Create New High-Energy Compound to Fuel Space Flight
University at Albany chemists have created a new high-energy compound — manganese diboride — that could revolutionize rocket fuel and make space flights more efficient.
Masha Goodarzi and DeeDee Bennett Gayle test out their VR headset tool from Brooklyn.
Disaster Response Researchers Test Virtual Reality Tool With Older Adults
The research team received $549,943 from the National Science Foundation to lead a project focused on using virtual reality to reduce disaster vulnerabilities for older individuals and others who are disproportionately affected.
A blue stethoscope and a blue pen are laid on top of a medical spreadsheet
Study: More New Doctors Are Choosing to Stay in New York
UAlbany’s Center for Health Workforce Studies looked to the 2024 New York Resident Exit Survey to identify trends in new doctors’ post-residency plans, specialty areas in high demand
An African -American young woman with a white and blue vertical-striped blouse, a gold necklace and a black skirt gestures with her hands while speaking in front of an academic poster indoors.
Students Tackle Global Air Quality Challenges Through CNSE Summer Research Program
This summer, CNSE offered undergraduate and graduate students a 10-week opportunity to engage in international research on emerging air quality issues. This year’s group of students traveled to Montreal to collaborate with faculty and researchers at Concordia University and McGill University, gaining first-hand experience with using low-cost sensors and satellite remote sensing techniques.
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UAlbany Celebrates World RNA Day, Student Research and New Projects Enabled by Empire AI
The RNA Institute welcomed over 200 attendees to its annual “World RNA Day” celebration. Festivities included lab tours and research presentations to showcase how studying RNA’s structure, function and modifications can unlock new approaches to combatting deadly and debilitating diseases through earlier diagnosis, effective treatments—and potentially cures.
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UAlbany Researchers Awarded $1.65M from Air Force Research Lab for Nano Fabrication, Testing
A team of researchers in UAlbany’s College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering has received a three-year, $1.65 million grant to provide fabrication and testing of nanoscale electronic devices for the Air Force Research Laboratory.