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UAlbany scientists at the RNA Institute are seeking to understand the molecular mechanisms that drive disease. Kaalak Reddy’s team was recently awarded $420,000 from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development to advance their work on a rare but fatal genetic disorder that affects the heart and brain.

The weeklong event brings together faculty, students, researchers and industry leaders to showcase the impact of UAlbany’s research and the power of interdisciplinary collaboration.

UAlbany students developed wearable haptic devices that provide navigation assistance to the visually impaired as part of the College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering’s 10-week Summer Undergraduate Research Program.

UAlbany will convene hundreds of industry experts and decision-makers for its third annual Renewable Energy Pathways Conference, which will focus on weather’s impact on energy development and innovation.

A new study led by researchers at the University at Albany’s Center for Technology in Government finds that in some rural and tribal communities, the public library remains the single most important access point for technology, learning and civic engagement — often functioning as the community’s primary link to the digital world.

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.

University at Albany chemists have created a new high-energy compound — manganese diboride — that could revolutionize rocket fuel and make space flights more efficient.