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It's theorized that core electrons can participate in chemical bonding at pressure levels found deep inside the Earth ⚛️ But a new #UBuffalo study theorizes that, in some cases, it may only require pressure levels found on Earth's surface. Learn more ⬇️ buffalo.edu/news/releases/20…

Core electron bonding may not always require extreme pressure, study finds

Research suggests some metals’ semicore electrons may be more active on Earth’s surface than previously thought.

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Look inside a brain cell with Huntington’s disease or ALS and you are likely to find RNA clumped together 🧬 #UBuffalo researchers have uncovered how these RNA clusters form and a way to prevent and disassemble them 💧 Watch the clusters dissolve ⬇️ buffalo.edu/news/releases/20…

Study uncovers how harmful RNA clumps form — and a way to dissolve them

Linked to neurological disorders, repeat RNAs aggregate inside droplets but can be disassembled with an engineered piece of RNA.

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In the effort to make AI more energy efficient, #UBuffalo researchers are turning to the human brain for inspiration 🧠 Read more about how neuromorphic computing mimics the architecture of the brain to develop better computer chips ⬇️buffalo.edu/news/releases/20…

How can AI be more energy efficient? UB researchers look to human brain for inspiration

Neuromorphic computing, which mimics architecture of brain, could support growing energy demands of AI.

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“Chet basically was the savior of ice cores when few were interested.” Chet Langway, a retired #UBuffalo professor and pioneer of ice core drilling, has died at the age of 95. Our researchers continue his work extracting climate data from ice cores ⬇️ buffalo.edu/news/releases/20…

Remembering Chet Langway, ‘savior of ice cores’

Retired professor’s work extracting climate data from ice sheets continues at UB today.

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“I’ve always believed sustainability is the right choice. ... I’ve come to understand that it’s also a smart business strategy." ♻️ 📈 #UBuffalo students recently presented business-friendly climate action plans as part of the Carbon Reduction Challenge ⬇️buffalo.edu/ubnow/stories/20…

Why sustainability is good for business

Students in UB's Carbon Reduction Challenge propose plans for local businesses and organizations that are good for the planet — and the bottom line.

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#UBuffalo researchers have found two proteins with opposing roles on Huntington's disease 🧬 These proteins, which regulate the huntingtin protein’s movement in neurons, could be future drug targets 💊 Learn more ⬇️buffalo.edu/news/releases/20…

Study finds one protein that mitigates Huntington’s disease, and one that exacerbates it

These proteins, which regulate the huntingtin protein’s movement in neurons, could be future drug targets.

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Can you hear the music? 🎶⚛️ This semester, #UBuffalo students in the "physics of music" course measured the sound intensity levels of campus🔊 Listen to the sounds they found ⬇️buffalo.edu/ubnow/stories/20…

The sounds of campus, according to physics

UB undergraduates measure the sound-intensity levels around the North Campus for a physics of music course.

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“A public resource and national treasure wrapped up into one." #UBuffalo students recently got to examine moon rocks collected from the Apollo missions 🌑🚀 Learn what these ancient samples can tell us about the early Earth ⬇️ buffalo.edu/ubnow/stories/20…

Moon rocks land at UB

The rock samples were loaned to UB professor Tracy Gregg by NASA as part of a program that gives educators a chance to use these rare samples in their classrooms.

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Happy Pi Day! 🥧 #UBuffalo mathematics chair Daniel Sage explains the history of π, whether it’s really never ending and the other constant that perhaps deserves its own day as well ⬇️ buffalo.edu/ubnow/stories/20…

The math behind Pi Day

Math chair Daniel Sage discusses why Pi Day is about more than pie throwing and pizza deals.

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Ever wonder how the U.S. Crystal Growing Competition (@USCrystalComp) gets judged? Solo cups, black lights, scoresheets and a love for crystals 🔷 An in-depth look at this year's judging at #UBuffalo ⬇️buffalo.edu/ubnow/stories/20…

Solo cups, black lights and scoresheets

UBNow offers an in-depth look at this year’s judging of the U.S. Crystal Growing Competition.

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The #UBuffalo Department of Geology is now the Department of Earth Sciences! 🌍✨ From glaciers to lava, climate change to solar eclipses 🌒, they're uncovering Earth’s coolest secrets. 🌋❄️ Read more: bit.ly/earth-sciences
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#UBuffalo researchers have found a bacteria that can break down the strong chemical bonds of at least three types of PFAS, or "forever chemicals" 🦠 Crucially, it can also break down some of the toxic byproducts of the bond-breaking process⬇️buffalo.edu/news/releases/20…

Bacteria found to eat forever chemicals — and even some of their toxic byproducts

A strain taken from contaminated soil breaks apart the strong carbon-fluorine bonds of PFAS.  

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A new #UBuffalo study has identified 11 genes that may hold the key to understanding the brain's response to forever chemicals 🧠 These genes were consistently affected, either expressing more or less, regardless of the type of forever chemical tested ⬇️buffalo.edu/news/releases/20…

These 11 genes may help us better understand forever chemicals’ effects on the brain

New study uncovers molecular clues about the neurotoxic effects of PFAS.

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Producing enough ammonia to feed the world comes with a large carbon footprint. A new #UBuffalo reactor could help fix that by mimicking lightning 🌩️ Learn more about how it produces this key chemical for fertilizers ⬇️buffalo.edu/news/releases/20…

Taking a cue from lightning, eco-friendly reactor converts air and water into ammonia

Producing enough ammonia to feed the world comes with a large carbon footprint. A process described in new UB-led study could help fix that.

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Primordial black holes — small black holes born in the early universe — have been theorized but never observed 🌌🔍 A new #UBuffalo study says they may have left behind hollow planetoids out in space or even microscopic tunnels in objects here on Earth ⬇️buffalo.edu/news/releases/20…

Evidence of primordial black holes may be hiding in planets, or even everyday objects here on Earth

Study suggests that small black holes born in early universe may have left behind hollow planetoids and microscopic tunnels.

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If you’ve ever struggled to cut back carbs, blame ancient DNA 🍞🧬 A new #UBuffalo study has found that humans have had multiple copies of the salivary amylase gene, which helps us break down starch in the mouth, for about 800,000 years⬇️buffalo.edu/news/releases/20…

Why do we love carbs? The origins predate agriculture and maybe even our split from Neanderthals

Study co-led by UB finds the gene for starch-digesting saliva may have first duplicated more than 800,000 years ago, seeding the genetic variation that shapes our modern diet.

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The switch has been flipped on Empire AI💡 The statewide consortium will commence research this fall, with initial computing power housed on the #UBuffalo Downtown Campus while a permanent home is built on North Campus ⬇️buffalo.edu/ubnow/stories/20…

Empire AI comes online

The consortium’s initial computing power will be housed on the Downtown Campus while a permanent home is built on North Campus.

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Today is the last day to register for the @UBCAS Spotlight Symposia Series 🔍 Being held Oct. 25-26, the symposium will honor #UBuffalo researcher Diana Aga and bring together leading experts on pollution and climate change ⬇️buffalo.edu/news/releases/20…

College of Arts and Sciences to highlight Diana Aga’s pollution research at first Spotlight...

Annual symposium will honor one faculty member by inviting researchers from their field to campus.

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"It's amazing that one of [the hummingbird's] closest relatives are one of the biggest animals on the planet, like Brontosaurus or like T. rex." 🦖 Hear Vincent Lynch talk more evolutionary biology on the newest episode of #UBuffalo's Driven to Discover: youtube.com/watch?v=AYBCdNO0…

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The full episode can be found here ⬇️ buzzsprout.com/2079636/episo…

Animal Genes and Human Health with Vincent Lynch - Driven to Discover

As a kid, all Vincent Lynch wanted to do was hang out by the river near his home, fishing and crabbing and playing in the muck. School, by contrast, was a bore. Then he discovered biology—and never...

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