Binghamton University Research Rocks‪!‬ Research Advancement

BU takes a new approach to lab design and management

Traditionally, work and fun have been seen as opposite ends of the spectrum of human activity. But Binghamton University researchers are proving the two might just belong in the very same cubicle.

Child pornographers will soon have a harder time escaping prosecution thanks to a stunning new technology developed by Binghamton University researchers

Liver. Limburger cheese. Caviar. Chili peppers. Blood pudding. Some things in life are undoubtedly acquired tastes. But for primary taste sensations-sweet, sour, bitter and salty- we don't need experience at all. Even a newborn can taste the difference between sugar and salt. Still, the brain activity behind the sense of taste is complex, and scientists don't entirely know how it works.

Binghamton University research offers new insights and the hope of resolving a raging multidisciplinary controversy over the planet's oldest known life-form.

Lijun Yin's research might someday make it easier to pick out a terrorist in a crowd, put Tom Cruise's face on a stunt man's shoulders, hold a videoconference over a low-bandwidth connection or use a computer without touching a keyboard or mouse. With his graduate students in Binghamton University's Graphics and Image Computing Laboratory, Yin is working on facial modeling techniques that could lead to advances in all those areas. The two-year project is supported by a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation.