Research News

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  • Can AI help spot ‘healthy’ viruses in our bodies?
    5/21/26

    UB researchers have been awarded $1.6 million grant to use lab methods and AI to probe the human virome.

  • Catalyst Fund advances technology
    2/8/13

    UB’s Catalyst Fund has awarded $213,762 to five UB inventors or research teams developing promising technologies in the life sciences.

  • A novel pathway for a mucosal TB vaccine
    2/7/13

    A new pathway for improving vaccines against tuberculosis has been discovered by UB microbiologists in collaboration with researchers at other universities.

  • Drinking to cope poses special dangers
    2/7/13

    A UB study has found that college students who drink to cope with anxiety may experience more negative alcohol-related consequences than peers who drink for other reasons.

  • Health benefits with helping
    2/6/13

    A five-year study by researchers at three universities has established that providing tangible assistance to others protects our health and lengthens our lives.

  • Emberton wins top prize
    2/4/13

    UB historian Carole Emberton is the recipient of the Richards Prize for the best article published in the 2012 edition of the Journal of the Civil War Era, the official journal of the Society of Civil War Historians.

  • Estrogens' role in eating, drinking
    2/4/13

    A study by UB behavioral neuroscientists offers new information about how ovarian hormones, in particular the powerful estrogen estradiol, help to regulate eating and drinking behaviors.

  • Engineering alum receives national honor
    2/4/13

    Norman R. McCombs, a UB alumnus who developed an oxygen-production system that spawned a billion-dollar industry and helped ease the pain of millions suffering from lung diseases, has been awarded the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the U.S. government’s highest honor for technological achievement.

  • Music, reading readiness linked
    1/31/13

    New research from the Graduate School of Education shows a connection between preschool music activities and the development of reading and writing skills in children.

  • Probing the mystery of evolution
    1/31/13

    With a group of high school scientists, William Duax, a professor of structural biology, is probing one of evolution’s greatest mysteries: Which life form—or life forms—preceded all others on Earth.

  • Chinese women's higher cancer risk
    1/31/13

    A UB study confirms that breathing indoor air carries significant cancer risks, especially for Chinese women.