Research News

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  • UB-HWI center receives NIH funding
    9/4/26

    The National Crystallization Center has contributed to groundbreaking research on SARS-CoV2, nicotine addiction and antibiotic resistance.

     

  • UB to host major conference
    3/10/14

    As many as 2,000 engineers will visit Western New York in August to participate in a four-day conference in downtown Buffalo hosted by UB that will focus on advanced manufacturing and design.

  • Time change adds stress
    3/7/14

    UB sleep medicine physician Eric Ten Brock says the switch to daylight savings time can be especially stressful for the sleep-deprived.

  • Breaking the cycle
    3/6/14

    UB Law professor Teresa Miller says Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to offer free college courses to prisoners will help reduce recidivism.

  • Honoring inventors, entrepreneurs
    3/6/14

    UB held its annual Inventors and Entrepreneurs Reception on March 3, honoring university researchers and partner companies developing technologies for improving fields from health care to alternative energy.

  • New drug will create new addicts
    3/6/14

    UB addiction medicine expert Richard Blondell says there are few benefits and many risks associated with the new opiate Zohydro.

  • Secondhand smoke affects pregnancy outcomes
    3/3/14

    New research from scientists at Roswell Park Cancer Institute and UB links secondhand-smoke exposure to pregancy loss, including misscarriage, stillbirth and tubal ectopic pregnancy.

  • Advancing manufacturing technology
    2/28/14

    UB will help accelerate the development of advanced manufacturing technologies in Western New York by lending its expertise and resources to a new advanced manufacturing institute.

  • This ‘cavity’ is a good thing
    2/27/14

    UB engineers have developed an optical “nanocavity” to boost light absorption in semiconductors, which could lead to improvements in solar cells and cameras

  • Training communities in food policy
    2/27/14

    The UB Food Lab is part of a broad network of research partners leading a USDA-funded initiative to support local food systems planning.

  • Design voice
    2/24/14

    Architecture faculty member Joyce Hwang has received a 2014 Emerging Voices award from the Architectural League of New York.