Research News

Jason benedict looking at a crystal.
  • 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.

  • Geriatric assessment helpful for elders
    10/27/14

    UB geriatrician Bruce Troen says a geriatric assessment can evaluate seniors’ cognitive abilities to assist in determining living arrangements and other needs.

  • Gender differences in IBS
    10/23/14

    One of the few studies to examine gender differences among patients with irritable bowel syndrome has found that males with the condition experience more interpersonal difficulties than do females with the condition.

  • The sound of a beautiful place
    10/23/14

    UB faculty member Teri Rueb creates a sound walk through an urban wild.

  • An app for eye imaging
    10/23/14

    UB researchers have used a smartphone app to image the back of the eye in patients who can be particularly challenging to examine: newborn babies and children.  

  • Bling, bling!
    10/23/14

    UB chemist Jason Benedict has organized a crystal-growing challenge for K-12 students and the "biggest, nicest” crystals win.

  • More companies join START-UP NY at UB
    10/23/14

    Five more companies will set up shop on or near the UB campuses under START-UP NY, the innovative tax-incentive program created by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo.

  • Reducing hazmat risk
    10/20/14

    UB researcher Changhyun Kwon has received a NSF CAREER Award to build a routing simulator that would reduce catastrophic hazardous materials accidents.

  • Architect Barbie, three years later
    10/16/14

    Architect Barbie co-creaters Despina Stratigakos and Kelly Hayes McAlonie are traveling to Washington, D.C., to talk about how the gender debate in the profession has changed.

  • Continuing HIV drug development
    10/16/14

    The School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences has received three grants totaling $3.85 million from the National Institutes of Health for the Translational Pharmacology Research Core and its HIV Clinical Pharmacology Research Program.

  • RENEW awards seed funding
    10/16/14

    Four research projects have received seed funding under RENEW, UB’s new interdisciplinary environmental research initiative.