Wu leads quest to expose hidden forces behind earthquakes
Binghamton’s Francis Wu is leading a project that could help scientists around the globe find subsurface faults and better understand how tectonic forces act to build mountains. This knowledge may ultimately enable scientists to predict earthquakes more reliably. Read more
Historian sifts census data to understand fertility decline
Using uniquely prepared and processed census data and his own specialized talents and training, demographic historian J. David Hacker is studying the early origins of America’s fertility decline. He is also turning back and rewriting some important pages of history by helping to clarify the forces and factors that fueled it. Read more
Discovery has implications for health care, manufacturing
A Binghamton University biologist's discovery of a molecule that induces the dispersion of biofilms will likely mean a sea change in health care, manufacturing, shipping and pharmaceutics over the coming years. David Davies has found and is in the process of synthesizing a compound that will cause biofilm colonies to disperse, thus leaving individual bacteria up to 1,000 times more susceptible to disinfectants, antibiotics and immune functions. Read more
Research links digital images, cameras
Child pornographers will soon have a harder time escaping prosecution thanks to a stunning new technology that can reliably link digital images to the camera with which they were taken, in much the same way that tell-tale scratches are used by forensic examiners to link bullets to the gun that fired them. Read more
Binghamton’s IEEC gets $10 million vote of confidence from New York: Governor Pataki names BU one of 10 Centers for Advanced Technology
Binghamton University's Integrated Electronics Engineering Center will receive about $10 million in state support over 10 years as a result of being again named a state Center for Advanced Technology earlier this month. The designation refuels the IEEC, positioning it to continue to grow its successes over the next decade, said IEEC Director Bahgat Sammakia. Read more
BU research center gives Bush Administration C- on human rights report card
Graded on a curve against other recent administrations, the Bush Administration scores a C- (minus) for its promotion of humans rights at home and abroad, according to the Center on Democratic Performance at Binghamton University, which today issued its first annual Presidential Human Rights Performance Report Card. Read more
Data center design study: Cool consideration of a hot issue
Over the next two years, researchers at Binghamton University and partnered institutions will be helping to protect life as we know it. While the claim might sound extreme, keep in mind that they will be working to improve the design and energy efficiency of data centers. Read more
