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Secret Trigger Words Could Make AI-Powered Robots Dangerous

Associate Professor Shiqi Zhang, Assistant Professor Adnan Siraj Rakin, and their Ph.D. students from SUNY's Binghamton University presented two papers at the 2026 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems.

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Super El Niño Has Already Increased Sea Levels By 15 Inches

Professor Paul Roundy from SUNY's University at Albany has been making significant contributions to media coverage of El Niño and increasing sea levels.

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Creating ‘Satellite Maps’ of Thousands of Proteins Could Transform Drug Therapies

Professor Jun Qu from SUNY's University at Buffalo developed a new technology called hex-MASP to help researchers study and create drugs and published his findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Anderson Finalizes Agreement for $1 BN CHIPS Award to Accelerate R&D

Anderson LLC, headquartered at the NY Creates Albany NanoTech Complex, announced a $1B award from the US Department of Commerce to advance quantum wafer manufacturing.

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Scientists Say a Simple Blood Test Could Reveal Depression

Assistant Professor Jacquelyn Meyers from SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, working with 14 colleagues from other institutions, published findings on depression in The Journals of Gerontology.

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