Research News

Wanyi Nie and Dave Tsai.
  • Next-gen semiconductors just got more practical
    5/4/26

    A UB-led study makes chiral semiconductors better at absorbing visible light.

  • State extends contract
    10/2/14

    The New York State Department of Health has extended its contract with UB biostatistician Randolph L. Carter to fund his evaluation of the state’s Early Intervention Program for young children through 2016.

  • Lund elected AIChE fellow
    10/2/14

    Carl Lund, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, has been named a fellow of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

  • Treatment of substance abuse can lessen risk of future violence in mentally ill
    10/2/14

    Although some may believe that improving symptoms of mental illness is more likely to lessen the risk for future episodes of violence, a new UB study suggests that reducing substance abuse has a greater influence in reducing violent acts by patients with severe mental illness.

  • Gender and color
    9/26/14

    The Gender Institute will celebrate Gender Week with a sumposium that explores the myriad ways in which interpretations of gender and color infuse human consciousness.

  • Paradoxical effects of anti-inflammatory steroids
    9/25/14

    A UB study has shown that high doses of steroids exert pro-inflammatory effects despite their use over the past six decades as anti-inflammatory drugs.

  • Perry lecture to address vaping
    9/25/14

    UB faculty member Lynn Kozlowski will address the public health debate over the safety of vaping and e-cigarettes when he delivers the 26th Annual J. Warren Perry Distinguished Lecture on Oct. 9.

  • Higgins seeks more funding for NIH
    9/25/14

    Rep. Brian Higgins has introduced legislation that would incrementally increase funding for the National Institutes of Health over the next seven years. 

     

  • Prestigious appointment
    9/25/14

    UB biostatistician Marianthi Markatou has been appointed to serve on the National Institutes of Health's Biostatistics Methods and Research Design study section.

  • Media violence topic of conference
    9/25/14

    The effects of media violence on children and what parents and teachers can do about it is the focus of this year’s annual conference sponsored by the Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention.

  • Studying effects of arsenic on cancer-tumor production
    9/25/14

    UB faculty member Xuefeng Ren has received a $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate the mechanisms of arsenic carcinogenesis — the process by which exposure to arsenic transforms normal cells into cancer cells.