STEM
Nicholson delivers opening colloquium at MIT
School of Information Studies (iSchool) Associate Professor Scott Nicolson delivered the opening colloquium for the Comparative Media Studies program at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he is currently a visiting professor.
Addressing the challenge of persister cells in bacterial infections
How antimicrobial peptides may offer an answer to challenging problem Dacheng Ren, assistant professor in the Department of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering in Syracuse University’s L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science (LCS) and member of the Syracuse Biomaterials…
SU physicist aids in discovery of predicting breaking points in disordered solids
In solid materials with regular atomic structures, figuring out where the material will break under stress is relatively easy. But for disordered solids, like glass or sand, their disordered structure makes such predictions a more daunting task. A collaboration of…
Developmental biologist garners highly competitive National Institutes of Health grant
Katharine Lewis, associate professor of biology in Syracuse University’s College of Arts and Sciences, aims to systematically identify genes that instruct spinal cord nerve cells (neurons) to develop into specialized cells that are critical to walking, running and countless movements…
Patent awarded for ‘method and system of controlling airfoil actuators’
Syracuse University has been awarded a patent for the development of a “Method and System of Controlling Airfoil Actuators.” This research will lead to greater maneuverability options for wing design on airplanes and is being considered for applications to wind…
Discovery by LCS’s Sureshkumar may be key to solar energy, smart glass technologies
Radhakrishna Sureshkumar, professor and chair of biomedical and chemical engineering in the L.C. Smith College of Engineering and Computer Science, and professor of physics, has developed a patent-pending robust process to manufacture stable suspensions of metal nanoparticles capable of capturing…
Stampede.It takes first place at Syracuse Student Sandbox Demo Day
Nine colleges from across Upstate New York saw their students and recent graduates pitch startup businesses at the Syracuse Student Sandbox Demo Day at the Syracuse Tech Garden.
Ancient clams yield new information about greenhouse effect on climate
Ancient fossilized clams that lived off the coast of Antarctica some 50 million years ago have a story to tell about El Niño, according to Syracuse University researcher Linda Ivany.
Lankes named Dean’s Scholar for the New Librarianship
R. David Lankes has been appointed as Dean’s Scholar for the New Librarianship by School of Information Studies (iSchool) Dean Elizabeth D. Liddy.
Thomas contributes to project management book
Assistant Professor of Practice Art Thomas has contributed to a book on project management.