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.

  • Happily ever after
    4/23/15

    UB scientists arranged a protein-nanoparticle marriage that could lead to development of an HIV vaccine and target cancer treatment.

  • Arts innovation
    4/17/15

    The Department of Sociology is partnering with the Albright-Knox Art Gallery on the gallery’s new AK Innovation Lab.

  • Top entrepreneurs
    4/16/15

    A biotechnology venture that offers a revolutionary new way to deliver cancer drugs has earned three graduate students first place in UB’s Henry A. Panasci Jr. Technology Entrepreneurship Competition.

  • Candidate drug shows promise
    4/16/15

    UB scientists contributed to research on a new drug that may help treat misfolded protein diseases like CMT, Alzheimer's and ALS.

  • Housing study
    4/16/15

    UB faculty member Daniel Hess has received a fellowship from the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions program to study the aging socialist-era housing in the Baltic states.

  • Studying sexual assault among sexual minority women
    4/16/15

    UB’s Research Institute on Addictions has received a federal grant to examine the experience of sexual assault among lesbian and bisexual women compared to heterosexual women.

  • Robots on construction sites
    4/9/15

    A four-legged robot under development at UB will be able to climb a ladder and deliver materials to workers laboring up high.

  • The FDA and nutritional supplements
    4/9/15

    UB researchers weigh in on the safety of herbal supplements, with one expert calling this realm the "wild, wild West" due to poor regulation.

  • Black hole mystery
    4/2/15

    A UB physics study finds that black holes don't lose information — a huge step toward solving a mystery that has plagued physics for nearly 40 years.

  • Sexual assault and suicide risks
    4/2/15

    New research by Laura Anderson in the School of Nursing explores how sexual assault and obesity influence teenage suicide attempts.