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CNSE is Making Albany a Hub for Photoresist Innovation
High-performance photoresists — the thin chemical films used to make patterns on silicon wafers with almost impossibly small wavelengths of light — are essential to manufacturing newer, faster and more efficient computer chips, and University at Albany researchers are making New York a global hub for photoresist innovation.
Richard Perez stands with sun glasses on in front of solar panels on top of UAlbany's Campus Center.
5 Questions with Richard Perez: The Path to a Clean Energy Future
University at Albany researcher Richard Perez has spent more than four decades studying solar energy technology, including its important role in reducing our dependence on fossil fuels.
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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.