News Center Archive

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UAlbany Researchers Develop New Laser Technique to Test mRNA-Based Therapeutics
Their method relies on Raman spectroscopy, a non-destructive laser technique that analyzes the chemical composition of materials.
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Study Finds ‘Smartphone-Only’ Internet Access Deepens Digital Inequality
A new study led by researchers at UAlbany examining digital behavior in Taiwan suggests that simply having internet access is no longer enough to ensure digital inclusion — a finding with growing implications for the U.S. as governments, schools and employers continue shifting services online.
An Elevated view of the 1964 New York World’s Fair in Flushing Meadows with the Unisphere at center and surrounding fairgrounds, buildings and water features visible.
Professor Emeritus Bromley Revisits New York's Worlds Fairs
In a new study published in Planning Perspectives, UAlbany Professor Emeritus of Geography and Planning and Collins Fellow Ray Bromley examines how the New York World's Fairs of 1939/40 and 1964/65 helped reshape New York City and its region for generations.
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UAlbany, UConn Researchers Launch Initiative to Improve Power Outage Predictions and Grid Resilience
The initiative, called the North American Forecasting Weather, Outage, Load & Damage Initiative, will create a scalable outage-prediction model to forecast system failures across the United States and Canada.
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UAlbany Inks New Research Collaborations with South Korean Universities
The agreements pledge to explore research partnerships in areas like semiconductors, electronic device fabrication, carbon-neutral technology, quantum science, quantum computing and communications, critical materials and rare-earth elements.
A man in a cleanroom "bunny suit" holds up a 200mm silicon wafer used for microchip fabrication.
CNSE Innovation Lab Receives $1.5M Federal Boost for Chips R&D
The funding for the Innovation Lab was included in the recent Commerce, Justice, and Science spending bill approved by Congress thanks to the support of U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, U.S. Sen Kirsten Gillibrand and U.S. Rep. Paul Tonko. It will be use toward new tools that help researchers measure the characteristics of new nanoscale devices and materials, as well as equipment used for packaging, the process by which the 200mm silicon wafers are turned into individual computer chips.
Andrei Lapenas stands with trees in the Academic Podium courtyard.
Do Trees Really Explode in the Cold? 5Q with Andrei Lapenas
What causes the loud cracking noises that trees sometimes make in extremely cold weather? Andrei Lapenas, a professor in the Department of Geography, Planning & Sustainability, explains this phenomenon.