The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $8.2 million through the Science of Learning program in order to fund new projects that will advance the knowledge and comprehension of how individuals learn. The 2017 awards […]
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Prehistoric Animals and Anatomy
According to researchers at the University of Buffalo, a wolf-sized otter that lived 6 million years ago may have been a dominant predator. Assistant Professor Z. Jack Tseng led a research team that analyzed the […]
Read moreNew Threats to Security
Researchers at Stony Brook University and Georgia Tech are warning against a threat known as ‘combo-squatting.’ Combo-squatting occurs when extra words are added to a legitimate domain name, which then leads to a malicious website. […]
Read moreUniversity of Rochester Doctors Give Patient Sight
Doctors Mina Chung and Ajay Kuriyan of the University of Rochester Flaum Eye Institute have implanted a bionic eye in 71-year-old Khaleda Rahman. The device contains electrodes that pair with glasses that have light and […]
Read moreCNY BEST Talent Award Winners
We are happy to announce that NYSERNet & SUNY SAIL Institute were awarded the 2017 CNY BEST Talent Awards for our collaboration on the CIO Leadership Academy! Read more at: www.nysernet.org/bestaward
Read moreNSF Funds $74.5 million in Awards for Cybersecurity Research
On October 31, the National Science Foundation announced $74.5 million in research funding to address issues of cybersecurity. The Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) program is crucial to providing secure and trustworthy cyberspace, especially for […]
Read moreSyracuse Faculty Receive NSF Grant for Smart Energy Research
The National Science Foundation has awarded a Smart & Connected Communities grant of $99,965 to three faculty members of Syracuse University: iSchool Professor Jason Dedrick, as well as School of Architecture Assistant Professors Elizabeth Krietemeyer […]
Read moreColumbia Engineers Develop Millimeter-wave Circulator IC
Researchers at Columbia Engineering led by associate Professor Harish Krishnaswamy in collaboration with UT-Austin Professor Andrea Alu and her team have constructed the first magnet-free non-reciprocal circulator on a silicon chip that operates at millimeter […]
Read more‘New engineering could help identify victims of human trafficking
A team of researchers at New York University have created automated techniques to identify ads that could potentially connect to human trafficking rings and lead them to public information from Bitcoin, the main method of […]
Read moreGut bacteria may lead to disease treatment
According to new findings from the Rockefeller University and the Icahn School and Medicine at Mt. Sinai, gut bacteria and human cells essentially speak the same ‘chemical language.’ Using molecules called ligands, researchers have developed […]
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