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NoMIS Power Advancing EV Charging and Grid Infrastructure
A member of the TAF Class of 2022, the UAlbany spinout strives to accelerate the clean tech revolution through novel semiconductor devices and power packaging designs.
NANOvember 2024 Lectures – November 6, 11 and 21
The University at Albany’s College of Nanotechnology, Science, and Engineering welcomes the community to campus for a lecture series celebrating NANOvember.
SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund Class of 2024
$425K in seed funding to advance new technologies with implications for sustainable electronics, clean energy, cancer treatment and sensor devices.
UAlbany Researchers Receive Patent for Novel PFAS Removal System
The novel system is designed to be efficient, scalable and adaptable, with potential to remove harmful chemicals from drinking water.
SUNY Innovations on the Global Stage
Eight SUNY researchers will showcase their inventions at the 5th annual TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo in Washington, D.C.
Journey from Student to CEO
Alexis Weber, who is pursuing her PhD at the University at Albany, earned a $25,000 prize for her presentation at the SUNY Startup Summer School in 2022.
TAF Impact: Bringing Personalized Medicine to the Next Level
A new software tool that simplifies big data has applications in studying disease biology and advancing new treatments.
UAlbany Startup Receives $1M to Develop New Technology
SupreMEtric LLC has received its second highly competitive NSF Small Business Technology Transfer grant to build a working prototype of the technology.
TAF Impact: Accelerating the Clean Tech Revolution
Startup team that is passionate about protecting the environment aims to commercialize TAF funded technology.
UAlbany, SUNY Downstate Explore AI’s Role in Mental Health Care
Leveraging the power of AI will inform earlier interventions, provide better care and be a valuable resource for research and development efforts.
Hemp or Marijuana? Forensic Chemist Receives Federal Funding for Rapid Test
The U.S. Department of Justice is supporting Rabi Musah's lab at the University at Albany with a $401,988 grant to develop and validate the test.
UAlbany Start-up Receives Federal Support
Early Alzheimer’s Diagnostics LLC was awarded a highly competitive National Science Foundation grant to develop new technology for early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease.
EPA awards $1M to UAlbany for Air Pollution Monitoring Projects
The projects are focused on enhancing air quality monitoring in areas that are underserved, historically marginalized and overburdened by pollution.
RNA Institute awarded $2.5M to advance ‘RNA Rescue’ in fight against myotonic dystrophy
The research team’s ultimate goal is to develop a drug that can be delivered through an oral tablet and reach all organs in the body.
Making artificial intelligence truly trustworthy
Associate Professor Jason D’Cruz received $100K from the SUNY-IBM AI Collaborative Research Alliance address a major challenge in artificial intelligence.
SUNY researchers tackle climate change
SUNY’s in-depth approach includes understanding the history, current trends, and impact of climate change and devising ways to mitigate its effects.
Community Asset Tracker aims to optimize use of government resources
UAlbany technology uses a mobile Internet of Things sensor network to track government owned infrastructure and properties.
CO2-to-fuel process wins TAF MVP CleanTech Competition
The cleantech Most Valuable Pitch competition featured presentations from ten early stage companies working in solar, wind, biofuels, energy storage and more.
SUNY research seeks solutions to Alzheimer’s disease
Unchecked, AD cases are expected to reach 16 million by 2050. SUNY researchers are hard at work probing the causes, developing treatments and creating a cure.
Integrating environmental health and medicine
Environmental influences on health care range from weather pattern changes to the increasing use of nanomaterials in consumer products.
SUNY innovation on display at SBIR Road Tour
The day-long event hosted by UAlbany’s SBDC featured workshops and the first TAF Most Valuable Pitch competition.
Leading research in next-generation computing and communication
SUNY researchers are at the leading edge of rapid developments in materials, devices, systems, manufacturing processes and the engineering of computers.
Eighteen SUNY junior faculty win prestigious NSF CAREER Awards
The grants, which total more than $9.5 million, illustrate SUNY’s success in attracting some of the world’s finest young researchers to New York State.
SUNY launches Startup Summer School
12-week program aims to turn scientists and engineers into entrepreneurs.
SUNY leads in resiliency of community and critical infrastructure
SUNY’s expert faculty and unique facilities enable important research that will allow New York State to adapt to changing weather patterns.
Big data is a big deal
SUNY is creating solutions to effectively manage and interpret the billion terabytes of data that is being generated every day.
New Alzheimer’s test earns TAF investment
The technology is unique in that it can identify Alzheimer’s disease without extensive testing using brain imaging technologies or spinal fluid extractions.
A leader in global healthcare research and education
Working with global partners, researchers on SUNY’s campuses are making a difference in the lives of people around the world.
SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund announces Class of 2018 awards
Over $200,000 invested to spur commercialization at six campuses.
Cultivating an entrepreneurial mindset
SUNY ZAP! helps SUNY’s scientists and engineers take research from the lab to the marketplace.
SUNY brings broad expertise to University Climate Change Coalition
SUNY is taking a leadership role to mitigate the causes of climate change and reduce vulnerability to the environmental challenges caused by a warming Earth.
Customer discovery program leads to successful TAF proposal
The path Dr. Fabris followed in winning the TAF investment indicates a new direction for scientists doing basic research.
Attacking Alzheimer ’s disease
Researchers across the SUNY campuses are attacking the problem of Alzheimer’s from every possible angle.
Congratulations to a Nobel Prize winner
Joachim Frank, a faculty member at UAlbany from 1985 to 2008, shares the world's top prize in chemistry.
Passionate pursuit of answers
Early career researcher Magdia De Jesus credits a wide variety of mentors for her success in science.
The RNA Institute: A springboard for innovation
Harnessing the power of RNA for its therapeutic potential holds great promise to advance human disease research.
Understanding how Zika virus RNA works
Marissa Louis aims to map the Zika virus genome and probe how the shape of the viral RNA allows the virus to infect many different tissues.
Researching the origins of Atlantic hurricanes
Improving early forecasts will give emergency management more time to prepare, potentially saving lives.
Using laser light to create IDs for crime scene samples
University at Albany researcher partners with BioTools to improve crime scene investigations.
Focusing on RNA
UAlbany’s RNA Institute creates instruments, methods and materials to further basic research and drug discovery and diagnostics activities that target RNA.
New method for early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease
This research is significant since it potentially offers a noninvasive way to differentiate Alzheimer’s from other forms of dementia.
Novel device automates time-consuming laboratory process
Prototype developed by UAlbany’s Rabi Musa saves time and prevents loss of valuable – in some cases, priceless – samples.
Energy storage of the future
A team of researchers combines their disparate expertise to investigate improved energy-storage devices.
UAlbany chemist helps CSIs get to the root of the investigation
National Institute of Justice funds research to provide forensic scientists with better tools for examining unknown plant materials.
Using fluorescence to help find and treat disease at its genesis
Fluorescent chemical tags allow cells containing specific RNA which are implicated in disease to be sorted and then studied.
NYS Mesonet helps communities brace for extreme storms
UAlbany leads $26M project to build the nation’s most advanced network of environmental monitoring stations.
UAlbany art professor breathes life into region's vacant homes
The collaborative project aims to regenerate interest in once-vibrant neighborhoods within the cities of Albany, Schenectady, and Troy.
Seeking a more effective treatment for breast cancer
SUNY Technology Accelerator Fund invests in treatment that may just take breast cancer cells and turn them off.
SUNY Health Network of Excellence targets antibiotic-resistant infections
Research teams focus on new strategies to combat a growing public health threat.
Criminal Justice
Research aims to determine the pathways to criminal justice success with a focus on the type of mental illness and access to treatment.
Aphid-like sensors track trees' response to global warming
SUNY scientists are developing a sensor—modeled after the sap-sucking aphid—that measures changes in carbohydrates within individual trees in real time.
Property crime down - If you don't count cyber crime, identity theft
UAlbany researchers say that the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting statistics don't tell the whole story about the US crime rate.
UAlbany researchers develop enhanced view of RNA
Public-private partnership with Becton, Dickinson and Company advances the RNA Institute’s vision.
SUNY 4E fosters new Adirondack collaboration
Researchers from three SUNY campuses who share concerns about long-term climate change intend to keep working together.