Undergraduate sees laughter’s serious side
Binghamton University research highlights the evolutionary benefits of laughter. Read more
NSF grant may spark new campus collaborations
A three-year, $530,000 grant from the National Science Foundation will give Binghamton University researchers better access to technology that will help in solving computationally demanding problems. The grant, combined with approximately $100,000 from the Binghamton University Research Foundation, will be used to purchase a 64-node high-performance cluster - basically a group of computer processors that can work together -- for the Computer Science Department’s Grid Computing Research Laboratory. Read more
First-ever study to investigate impact of chronic wasting disease on humans
Researchers at Binghamton University have a first-ever opportunity to determine if Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in deer can be spread to humans who ingest “infected” meat. Read more
Boehlert announces funding for center city project
Binghamton University today joined with Congressman Sherwood L. Boehlert to announce a second grant from the U.S. Housing and Urban Development to support the University’s Center City Coordination (C3) Project that focuses on a variety of efforts to revitalize the center city of Binghamton. Read more
Good vibrations: Muscle stimulation might help stave off type 2 diabetes.
If you don't exercise, you increase your risk of developing type 2 diabetes, an ailment that health officials say has reached epidemic levels. Leann Lesperance is looking for ways to improve the odds against that without anyone breaking a sweat. An assistant research professor of bioengineering in Binghamton University's Watson School of Engineering and a pediatrician with Binghamton Pediatric Center, Lesperance is leading a team that's exploring whether micromechanical stimulation to the feet can help improve the way the body uses glucose. Read more
BU libraries streamline access to critical research materials
The prestige of a research library used to rest on the materials it owned-its millions of volumes, its original manuscripts, its rare books. In the digital age, however, researchers judge a library on other criteria, said John Meador, Jr., director of the Binghamton University Libraries. Read more
Complex tied to expanding commercialization of University research
When the Department of Bioengineering moved into the Innovative Technologies Complex (ITC) last January, it was a milestone of sorts - one that Binghamton University hopes is the first of many. The department became the first tenant in the first building of the complex. Currently one 92,000 square-foot building, known as the Alpha building, on a 21-acre parcel of land, the ITC is destined to expand. Read more
