An international research team led by UB engineers has developed nanotechnology that could improve our ability to detect diseases, fraudulent art, chemical weapons and more.
UB engineer Andreas Stavridis is traveling to Nepal with a team of colleagues to try to determine why some buildings collapsed and some survived April's devastating earthquake.
UB engineers have harnessed the bacteria E. coli to synthesize dozens of new forms of the popular antibiotic erythromycin, including three that kill antibiotic-resistant bacteria.
UB is establishing three new Communities of Excellence that will harness the strengths of faculty from disciplines across the university to confront grand challenges facing humankind.
About 100 faculty members discussed potential areas of focus for RENEW, UB's interdisciplinary environmental research initiative, during a recent workshop.
UB scientists have identified the mechanisms behind a genetic mutation that produces certain autistic behaviors in mice, as well as therapeutic strategies to restore normal behaviors.
Shopping websites with robust, interactive product-review systems make customers more satisfied and improve product marketing, according to a new study co-authored by UB faculty member Lawrence Sanders..