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Researchers Connect Declining Atmospheric Sulfur Dioxide Levels to Rise in Legionnaires’ Disease

Declining atmospheric sulfur dioxide levels might be related to the global rise in Legionnaires’ disease, according to a new UAlbany study which examined trends in atmospheric sulfur dioxide, Legionnaires’ disease incidence, and the role of...
12-Mar-2024 10:50 AM EDT Add to Favorites

New Research Aims to Improve Global Security of Small Modular Reactors

The year-long project seeks to examine the risks to export control that still-developing SMR technology will play for the next several decades.
29-Feb-2024 4:40 PM EST Add to Favorites

Climate Scientist Awarded Federal Grant to Improve Resiliency of Coastal Power Grids

The project will use Puerto Rico as a testbed to develop new solutions to improve the security and resiliency of coastal power grids around severe weather events.
29-Feb-2024 4:15 PM EST Add to Favorites

UAlbany Partners on New U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute Consortium

The University at Albany has been selected to contribute to a national research consortium that will support and demonstrate pathways to developing safe and trustworthy artificial intelligence.
8-Feb-2024 3:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

RNA Scientist Receives Federal Funding to Commercialize Molecular Tool Against Alzheimer’s Disease

University at Albany scientist Scott Tenenbaum, founder of UAlbany spinoff company sxRNA Technologies, Inc. (sxRNA Tech), has received $500,000 from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, to study how aging brain...
31-Jan-2024 1:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

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UAlbany Chemists Developing New Technique to Help Fight Illegal Logging and Deforestation

The technique yields a chemical fingerprint that is unique to each tree species, allowing authorities to quickly determine whether the harvested wood is from a protected species.
25-Jan-2024 2:45 PM EST Add to Favorites

Researchers at UAlbany’s RNA Institute and Albany Medical College Awarded More Than $2.9 Million to Explore Treatments for Spinocerebellar Ataxias

University at Albany researchers at the RNA Institute and scientists at Albany Medical College have received new funding to study and develop new drugs to treat spinocerebellar ataxias caused by CAG repeat expansion mutations.
23-Jan-2024 10:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

UAlbany Scientists Explore New Molecular Tool to Treat Retinal Degenerative Disease

RNA Institute research team receives funding to explore a new molecular tool for treating retinal degenerative disease
14-Dec-2023 2:20 PM EST Add to Favorites


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UAlbany Expert Available to Discuss the Intersection of Social Media and Youth Mental Health

New interview featuring University at Albany expert Sarah Domoff on the ways social media can shape youth mental health, strategies for healthy social media use and ways that regulation rooted in policy can help.
29-Nov-2023 12:25 PM EST

UAlbany Experts Available to Discuss the Intersection of AI and Public Health

Researchers at the University at Albany’s School of Public Health are actively exploring ways that artificial intelligence and machine learning can be applied to public health, to enhance health outcomes for patients while prioritizing patient...
3-Nov-2023 8:05 AM EDT

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