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Don’t despair if, once you’ve gathered your shopping items, you’re met by a single line that looks a mile long. Queuing theory suggests this is likely the fastest way to get you rung up and moving on.
Researchers have tried unsuccessfully for decades to develop a malaria vaccine. Now a new approach, showing promise in mice, suggests it is possible to block mosquitoes from spreading the disease.
Biometrics are more secure than passwords – but when they’re compromised fingerprints and retina scans are hard to reset. Brain responses to specific stimuli are as secure and, crucially, resettable.
The rental housing market in Nairobi’s informal settlements offers its tenant households a perverse market outcome of higher prices for lower quality products
Almost every online deception, fraud and scam – even propaganda and misinformation campaigns – begins with a fake social media profile. How do fakers get real people to agree to be friends?
What’s the connection between kids making paper snowflakes and wearable devices that stretch and bend with your body? Engineers who find design inspirations from many sources.
El presidente no será destituido de su cargo hasta que los republicanos en la Cámara de Representantes decidan apoyar esa idea; o si los demócratas ganan escaños en las próximas elecciones de la Cámara.
The president won’t be removed from office until Republicans in the House decide to support the idea – or the midterms hand the Democrats more seats.
Over the last 50 years, Americans have steadily gotten older, more bicoastal and less likely to move to a new city.
Experts expect the wind business to remain brisk in the US and abroad, on land and offshore.
We can disagree with co-workers in meetings. We can argue about sports with friends. A new study explores why politics seems to be an entirely different beast.
The budget bill just signed into law by the president will both make it harder for restaurants to take worker tips while reducing a form of inequality rife in the industry.
Gentrification is not the only path for improving urban neighborhoods. A cleanup in Brooklyn and Queens offers another, more inclusive model that scholars have dubbed ‘just green enough.’
Throughout America’s history, a duality has existed: On one side, there has been the belligerent, aggressive America. On the other, the generous, amiable one.
Companies are now tracking how consumers react on social media to Super Bowl ads. They’re also studying how the brain responds to them. Could personalized Super Bowl ads be on the horizon?
Is it really time to eulogise democracy, or are we rather on the cusp of a new phase in its long and varied life?
How do scientists predict volcanic eruptions? To do so with accuracy, they need to know the individual volcano and its history very well.
Excessive indulgence is the city’s unifying theme. It’s also a way to end your life. Just ask Stephen Paddock.
If President Trump really wants to restore America’s manufacturing might he should invest heavily in AI, the internet of things and other emerging technologies that are changing the world.
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Ph.D. Candidate in Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo
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Professor of Political Science, University at Buffalo
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Professor of Law, University at Buffalo
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Associate Professor of Architecture, University at Buffalo
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Associate Professor of English, University at Buffalo
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Associate Professor of History, University at Buffalo
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SUNY Distinguished Professor of Oral Biology, University at Buffalo
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Assistant Professor of Urban Planning, University at Buffalo
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Professor, Department of Communication, University at Buffalo
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Assistant Professor of Sociology and Environment and Sustainability, University at Buffalo
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Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University at Buffalo
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Professor of Engineering, University at Buffalo
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Assistant Professor of Communicative Disorders and Sciences, University at Buffalo
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Professor of Computer Science and Engineering; Director, UB Media Forensic Lab, University at Buffalo
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Ph.D. Candidate in Computer Science and Engineering, University at Buffalo
