https://phys.org/ en-us Latest news from SUNY Polytechnic Institute Dr. Kazuko Behrens, Professor and Coordinator of Psychology at SUNY Polytechnic Institute, has published two major peer-reviewed studies that advance the global understanding of human attachment and emotional development. Her newest research appears in Psychoanalytic Inquiry and highlights both the enduring influence and the evolving future of attachment science. https://phys.org/news/2026-01-advances-global-human-emotional.html Social Sciences Mon, 19 Jan 2026 09:43:24 EST news688038182 Researchers from SUNY Polytechnic Institute's Sustainable Aerospace Energy Center (SAEC) have published a new study in the Journal of Air Transportation analyzing how the aviation sector is navigating its transition toward sustainability. https://techxplore.com/news/2026-01-aviation-path-sustainability.html Energy & Green Tech Wed, 07 Jan 2026 09:15:33 EST news686999702 Mechanical ventilation saves lives, but the airflow it produces inside an intubated airway can also shape conditions linked to complications during long-term support. In a recent study, SUNY Polytechnic Institute faculty Dr. Aarthi Sekaran (Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering) and Dr. Ahmed Abdelaal (Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Technology) examined how two practical factors—endotracheal tube (ETT) cuff design and ventilator mode—change airflow behavior inside the human trachea. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-12-ventilator-airway-stress.html Medical research Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:07:13 EST news685210021 SUNY Poly Professor of Physics Dr. Amir Fariborz recently published a paper in Physical Review D titled "Spinless glueballs in generalized linear sigma model." The work takes on a central challenge in modern physics: understanding how the strongest force in nature shapes the inner structure of matter, and how it may produce an unusual form of matter made entirely from the carriers of that force. https://phys.org/news/2025-12-pinning-spinless-glueballs-hidden-subatomic.html General Physics Wed, 03 Dec 2025 12:09:26 EST news683986141 A study co-authored by SUNY Polytechnic Institute Associate Professor Dr. Iulian Gherasoiu looks at how a new, low-cost catalyst material behaves inside a hydrogen electrolyzer, a device that splits water into hydrogen and oxygen. Producing hydrogen this way is important for building a clean-energy future, but current systems can be expensive and wear out over time. https://phys.org/news/2025-11-catalyst-hydrogen-production.html Analytical Chemistry Tue, 25 Nov 2025 12:31:02 EST news683296261 Researchers at SUNY Polytechnic Institute are helping shape the future of next-generation wireless communication through groundbreaking work in the terahertz (THz) frequency spectrum—a range expected to power 6G and beyond. The team consists of faculty and researchers from the Wireless and Intelligent Next Generation Systems (WINGS) Center, including Dr. Arjun Singh (Director) and Dr. Priyangshu Sen, along with student researcher Justin Osmond. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-10-terahertz-communication-breakthroughs-6g-networks.html Engineering Mon, 27 Oct 2025 09:35:04 EDT news680776502 A new study led by (PI) Professor M. Jasim Uddin, Ph.D., Professor of Mechanical Engineering at SUNY Polytechnic Institute, has been published in ACS Omega, advancing the frontier of sustainable, self-powered technologies. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-10-hybrid-boosts-energy-harvesting-motion.html Energy & Green Tech Tue, 07 Oct 2025 11:22:13 EDT news679054927 A new article published in The Astrophysical Journal explores a new theory of how Type Ia supernovae, the powerful stellar explosions that astronomers use to measure distances across the universe, might be triggered. Traditionally, these supernovae occur when a white dwarf star explodes after interacting with a companion star. But this explanation has limitations, leaving open questions about how these events line up with the consistent patterns astronomers actually observe. https://phys.org/news/2025-09-primordial-black-holes-trigger-ia.html Astronomy Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:01:34 EDT news677937682 Dr. Abolfazl Karimpour, Assistant Professor of Transportation Engineering at SUNY Polytechnic Institute and Director of the Transportation AI Research Lab (TRAIL), is lead author of a new study that advances understanding of e-scooter mobility in urban environments. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-08-scooter-destination-leveraging-yelp-poi.html Automotive Fri, 22 Aug 2025 07:43:21 EDT news675067400 Dr. Abolfazl Karimpour, Assistant Professor of Transportation Engineering at SUNY Poly, has developed an innovative framework that estimates the length and duration of traffic queues and delays caused by crashes, without relying on physical roadside sensors. Dr. Karimpour is lead author of the new article published in Case Studies on Transport Policy. https://techxplore.com/news/2025-08-ai-driven-method-traffic-delays.html Automotive Fri, 15 Aug 2025 09:44:16 EDT news674469855 Dr. Byeongdon Oh, Assistant Professor of Sociology—Social Justice & Change and Founding Director of the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Research Center at SUNY Polytechnic Institute, has published a study exploring how immigration intersects with race and gender diversity in the U.S. STEM workforce. The article, titled "STEM Immigration and U.S. STEM Workforce Development at the Intersections of Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Immigration Status," is published in the journal Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. https://phys.org/news/2025-07-sociologist-impact-stem-immigration-inclusive.html Social Sciences Tue, 01 Jul 2025 08:07:03 EDT news670576022 New research from SUNY Polytechnic Institute introduces an innovative, eco-friendly method to enhance the performance and longevity of titanium-based dental implants, focusing on improving the biocompatibility and mechanical resilience of Ti-6Al-4V alloy implants using hydroxyapatite (HA) coatings derived from biowaste. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-06-eco-friendly-coatings-boost-strength.html Dentistry Thu, 12 Jun 2025 15:41:53 EDT news668961709 A new study published in Physical Review D titled, "Extending the Bridge Connecting Chiral Lagrangians and QCD Gaussian Sum-Rules for Low-Energy Hadronic Physics," offers significant advancements in the understanding of the strong nuclear force. This fundamental interaction is responsible for holding protons and neutrons together within atomic nuclei and plays a central role in the formation of matter. https://phys.org/news/2025-05-theoretical-framework-refines-strong-nuclear.html General Physics Thu, 15 May 2025 12:48:49 EDT news666532123 SUNY Poly Assistant Professor of Community and Behavioral Health and Sociology Dr. Jarrett Rose has published a study titled, "From Isolation to Social (and Psychedelic) Integration: A Sociology of Collective Effervescence and Therapeutic Community in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy," in the journal Sociology of Health & Illness. His research applies Emile Durkheim's theory of "collective effervescence" to group-based psychedelic-assisted therapy (PAT), emphasizing the importance of social connectedness in therapeutic outcomes. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2025-01-exploring-group-dynamics-psychedelic-therapy.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 30 Jan 2025 12:40:09 EST news657462612 SUNY Poly Assistant Professor Dr. Mahmoud Badr and peers have published new research in Applied Sciences titled "XAI-Based Accurate Anomaly Detector That Is Robust Against Black-Box Evasion Attacks for the Smart Grid." This significant research introduces an advanced anomaly detection system specifically designed to protect smart grid networks from sophisticated cyber threats, which is a notable advancement in the use of XAI in cybersecurity for critical infrastructure. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-11-xai-based-anomaly-detector-smart.html Security Wed, 20 Nov 2024 12:54:04 EST news651329640 SUNY Poly Assistant Professor Dr. Amit Sangwan and colleagues recently published research titled "Feasibility Testing of the Bionet Sonar Ultrasound Transcutaneous Energy Transmission (UTET) System for Wireless Power and Communication of a LVAD" in Cardiovascular Engineering and Technology. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2024-11-wireless-lvad-boundaries-heart-device.html Cardiology Tue, 12 Nov 2024 17:07:02 EST news650653621 A study published in The Astrophysical Journal presents new simulation results of supernova explosions that explain the latest observational data from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). https://phys.org/news/2024-10-astronomers-jwst-hydrodynamics-nucleosynthesis-jet.html Astronomy Wed, 23 Oct 2024 09:49:31 EDT news648895769 SUNY Poly Assistant Professor Dr. Mahmoud Badr and peers recently published research titled "Reinforcement Learning for Fair and Efficient Charging Coordination for Smart Grid," in the journal Energies. The research investigates the use of reinforcement learning (RL) to improve the coordination of home battery system charging in a smart grid. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-09-explores-potential-smart-grid-energy.html Energy & Green Tech Mon, 16 Sep 2024 14:27:19 EDT news645715629 New research helps in understanding the evolution and final stages of massive stars, the role of binary interactions, and the mechanisms behind mass loss, which ultimately affect the properties of the resulting supernova and its remnant. This work also provides insight into the different progenitor masses and the scenarios that could lead to different types of mass loss, shedding light on the complex processes that govern the life cycles of massive stars. https://phys.org/news/2024-09-peaked-supernovae-clues-pre-supernova.html Astronomy Mon, 02 Sep 2024 12:59:47 EDT news644500783 A paper titled "Universality of the thermodynamics of a quantum-mechanically radiating black hole departing from thermality," published in Physics Letters B highlights the importance of considering black holes as dynamical systems, where variations in their geometry during radiation emissions are critical to accurately describing their thermodynamic behavior. https://phys.org/news/2024-08-nuanced-black-hole-thermodynamics.html Astronomy Wed, 28 Aug 2024 10:09:03 EDT news644058541 SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) Professor of Physics Dr. Amir Fariborz recently published research titled, "An alternative to the Euler equation of rigid body rotational dynamics," in the European Journal of Physics. https://phys.org/news/2024-08-alternative-euler-equation-rigid-body.html General Physics Tue, 13 Aug 2024 14:30:56 EDT news642778254 Dr. Asela Abeya, of SUNY Poly faculty in the Department of Mathematics and Physics, has collaborated with peers at the University at Buffalo and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute on a research paper titled "On Maxwell-Bloch systems with inhomogeneous broadening and one-sided nonzero background," which has been published in Communications in Mathematical Physics. https://phys.org/news/2024-08-reveals-soliton-solutions-maxwell-bloch.html General Physics Thu, 01 Aug 2024 07:34:04 EDT news641716440 A new study from SUNY Polytechnic Institute provides a detailed overview of deepfake datasets and identifies key challenges, offering valuable insights for researchers, engineers, and practitioners. It emphasizes the importance of developing proactive detection methods and improving existing datasets to combat deepfake threats effectively. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-07-proactively-methods-deepfake-datasets.html Computer Sciences Mon, 29 Jul 2024 09:10:02 EDT news641462450 Research by SUNY Polytechnic Institute (SUNY Poly) President Dr. Winston Soboyejo and peers at Worchester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) titled, "Interfacial fracture of Perovskite Light Emitting Devices," has been published in the journal Extreme Mechanics Letters. https://techxplore.com/news/2024-07-interfacial-fracture-perovskite-emitting-devices.html Engineering Mon, 22 Jul 2024 12:22:57 EDT news640869772