Research News

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  • Crystals in a new light
    2/12/26

    A setback in growing light-responsive crystals led UB chemist Jason Benedict and his team to a novel method for mapping molecular arrangements.

  • Debunking ER myth
    5/21/15

    A UB study has found that while people aren't replacing their doctors with trips to the hospital emergency room, they are sicker, have more chronic diseases and are using both services equally.

  • Improving supercomputing
    5/14/15

    UB's Center for Computational Research has received a $9 million grant from the National Science Foundation to improve the management tool CCR invented that maximizes supercomputing performance.

  • Humanities Institute names fellows
    5/14/15

    The work of the eight scholars named as 2016-16 faculty fellows spans a range of disciplines, from classics to history to media study.

  • ‘Master’ orchestrator of the genome
    5/14/15

    A paper published in PLOS ONE by UB stem cell scientists describes how a single nuclear protein functions like an orchestra conductor, programming the “symphony of biology.”

  • Heavier, pricier vehicles are safer
    5/14/15

    UB research led by Dietrich Jehle has found that when it comes to vehicle safety, car buyers get what they pay for.

  • Breakthrough in tinnitus research
    5/14/15

    Research by UB, Chinese and Canadian scientists provides new insights into how "ringing in the ears" might develop and be sustained.

  • Dieting disconnect
    5/11/15

    A new UB study has found that while rational thoughts drive most people's plans to diet, their feelings actually control whether they actually follow those plans and lose weight.

  • Moving ahead on cancer therapy
    5/7/15

    For-Robin, a UB spinoff company founded by faculty member Kate Rittenhouse-Olson, has received a $2 million federal grant to study and develop a promising potential treatment for breast and other types of cancer.

  • Noise changes how brain gets information
    5/7/15

    Research led by UB biologist Matthew Xu-Friedman has found that in mice, prolonged exposure to sound altered the animals' behavior and even the structure of the cells in their auditory nerve.

  • Masonry structures ‘just collapse’ in quake
    5/7/15

    Masonry structures, which make up about 60 percent of the buildings in Nepal where the earthquake hit, perform poorly in a quake, according to UB civil engineer Andreas Stavridis.