Funded by a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), scientists at Binghamton University, State University of New York, hope to understand how the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum evolved resistance to the once-effective medication chloroquine.
Whether scientists are investigating black holes in outer space or the inner workings of protein molecules, the success of their future research depends upon advanced computing and information transfer. “Computer science has advanced so much in the last 10 to 20 years that it has the potential to change the way science is practiced,” says Kenneth Chiu, an associate professor of computer science at Binghamton University.
Three Binghamton University art historians were recently selected for prestigious external awards. The faculty of the Department of Art History at Binghamton University
has built up an extraordinary record of success in winning external
recognition, external funding and prestigious external awards.
BU paleobotanist interprets fossil evidence, resolves debate over appearance of ancient trees. The prestigious British journal Nature this week published a Binghamton faculty member’s new insights into the world’s oldest trees. William Stein, associate professor of biological sciences, and
colleagues at the New York State Museum in Albany and Cardiff
University in the United Kingdom, wrote about discoveries made near the
Gilboa Dam in Schoharie County.
The Public Archaeology Facility has won a new state contract worth up to $20 million over five years to inspect prospective Department of Transportation project sites. The Public Archaeology Facility, or PAF, an organized research center
on campus, has a long history of working on transportation projects
and, in fact, is wrapping up work on a similar five-year contract, said
Nina Versaggi, PAF director and adjunct associate professor of
anthropology.
