Research News

UB historian Carole Emberton is the recipient of the Richards Prize for the best article published in the 2012 edition of the Journal of the Civil War Era, the official journal of the Society of Civil War Historians.

A study by UB behavioral neuroscientists offers new information about how ovarian hormones, in particular the powerful estrogen estradiol, help to regulate eating and drinking behaviors.

Norman R. McCombs, a UB alumnus who developed an oxygen-production system that spawned a billion-dollar industry and helped ease the pain of millions suffering from lung diseases, has been awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the U.S. government’s highest honor for technological achievement.

New research from the Graduate School of Education shows a connection between preschool music activities and the development of reading and writing skills in children.

With a group of high school scientists, William Duax, a professor of structural biology, is probing one of evolution’s greatest mysteries: Which life form—or life forms—preceded all others on Earth.

A UB study confirms that breathing indoor air carries significant cancer risks, especially for Chinese women.

Small information technology businesses that follow formal processes are more productive and achieve higher quality and customer satisfaction, according to a School of Management study.

New UB research demonstrates how defects in an important neurological pathway in early development may be responsible for the onset of schizophrenia later in life.

“Tesserae,” a new classics search engine developed at UB, advances comparison and analysis of ancient texts.

A new UB study has found that verbal aggression may have biological causes that can be identified by the ratio of length of a person’s ring finger—second digit—to the length of the index finger—fourth digit.