SEAS in the News

  • Engineered glass slide enables microscopic thermal mapping
    5/16/18
    An article in Photonics reports that UB research has developed a multifunctional microscope slide that supports real-time monitoring and mapping of temperature distribution and heat transport using a coating of an optical exceptional point structure, and quotes Ruogang Zhao, assistant professor of biomedical engineering.
  • Neurovascular diagnostics
    5/15/18
    WGRZ-TV’s City Shaper feature looks at the work being conducted by UB’s Clinical and Translational Research Center, and interviews Vincent Tutino, research assistant professor of biomedical engineering, who is working to develop a blood test that can detect brain aneurisms before they rupture.
  • Chemical sensing chip sniffs out cocaine within minutes
    5/15/18
    An article in the website of the National Science Foundation reports on a low-cost chemical sensing chip developed by Qiaoqiang Gan, associate professor of electrical engineering, that could test people for cocaine as quickly as a breathalyzer identifies alcohol.
  • Less than 10 percent of Twitter users questioned fake news, study suggests
    5/15/18
    An article on Digital Trends reports a new study by Jun Zhuang, associate professor of industrial and systems engineering, found that less than 10 percent of Twitter users expressed doubt when responding to a false tweet and that between 86 percent and 91 percent of users in the study retweeted or liked the original post.
  • Chemical sensing chip that can spot cocaine
    5/14/18

    BBC News reports on a low-cost chemical sensing chip developed by UB engineer Qiaoqiang Gan that could test people for cocaine as quickly as a breathalyzer identifies alcohol. 

  • Scientists develop chip that sniffs out cocaine within minutes
    5/14/18
    Times of India covered a low-cost chemical sensing chip developed by Qiaoqiang Gan, associate professor of electrical engineering, that could test people for cocaine as quickly as a breathalyzer identifies alcohol.