Research News

Map view of the Great Lakes.
  • UB awarded $5 million to lead new Great Lakes Research Consortium
    6/17/26

    UB will play an expanded role in researching and protecting the largest group of freshwater bodies on Earth.

  • Testing eye health with quantum optics
    7/16/26

    Engineered light transforms Boehm’s brushes from a faint visual pattern into a much brighter one that could help catch retinal disease.

  • Tracking police accountability
    7/16/26

    School of Management study links newspaper closures to distorted crime reporting.

  • Researching neutral-atom quantum computing
    7/15/26

    UB physicist receives two federal grants totaling $1.1 million to advance future quantum technologies.

  • Fighting CF infections with phages
    7/15/26

    UB pharmacy professor Nicholas Smith is working with researchers at NIH-funded center at Stanford University.

  • AI helps MS researchers see brain lesions
    7/14/26

    UB-led team has found a way to use AI to reveal these otherwise invisible cortical lesions by reviewing existing MRI scans.

  • For A-fib and Type 2 diabetes, GLP-1s win out
    7/13/26

    Pharmacy study finds GLP-1 drugs perform better than SGLT-2i medications in patients with both conditions.

  • NIH renews T32 training grant
    7/13/26

    UB has received five years of funding to continue its long-running Research Training on Alcohol Etiology and Treatment program.

  • Three-in-one vaccine shows promise
    7/9/26

    Study shows that a single-shot vaccine under development at UB could protect against flu, COVID-19 and RSV.

  • UB expert offers tips for eating seafood safely
    7/9/26

    The majority of commercial seafood products in the U.S. are safe to consume, but Russo warns about some exceptions and precautions.

  • Improving plastic recycling
    7/8/26

    UB scientists’ system aims to reduce contamination, increase the recycling of materials to help enable a circular economy.