Science and Technology

News about the latest UB research in science, engineering and technology, and its impact on society. (see all topics)

Media Advisory: 10 life sciences companies to pitch emerging health technologies at UB on Sept. 10
9/3/26
NewYorkBIO event brings biotech founders, investors and industry leaders to Buffalo.
From Niagara Falls to Greenland, students explore climate and geological hazards
9/1/26
UB summer research program allows undergraduates to study Western New York and beyond.
UB postdoc earns prestigious NIH fellowship to study how proteins’ disordered regions help control genes
8/27/26
Joseph Basalla researches how FOXG1’s flexible regions and the tiny droplets they form may help regulate gene expression.
UB technology wins two prestigious R&D 100 Awards
8/26/26
The invention offers a quick, reliable way to measure recycled plastic content in commercial products.
RNA droplets may have helped start life on Earth. A new study explains why they form
8/19/26
A tiny chemical difference helps make RNA better than DNA at condensing into liquid-like droplets under high temperatures and acidic conditions.
AI helps turn citizen photos into water-level data for UB researchers
8/19/26
Cross-disciplinary collaboration strengthens CrowdHydrology’s environmental monitoring efforts.
Incoming UB faculty researchers selected as Simons Empire Faculty Fellows
8/18/26
Established by the Simons Foundation and Simons Foundation International, the program supports tenure-track faculty positions.
UB researcher recognized for work on innovative chatbot
8/18/26
SnehAI designed to teach young people in India about sexual and reprodutive health.
Media Advisory: AI leaders from Azerbaijan to visit UB on Friday
8/13/26
The visit, which includes tours of UB’s AI facilities, will focus on educational partnerships and economic development opportunities.
University at Buffalo excavations in ancient Italy reveal economic and medieval history
8/13/26
Professor Sebastiani, working with the IMPERO project, uncovered an agricultural warehouse dating to the Hellenistic and Roman Republican periods.