Research News

The exhibit “Serenades for Settling: Tending Ostreidae” with several large screens of ocean life in a darkened room.
  • Listen like an oyster
    12/12/25

    An immersive, multimedia exhibition invites audiences into an underwater world of oysters, and how human-made sounds might affect them. 

  • Developing more effective TB vaccine
    9/6/22

    UB faculty member Jonathan Lovell has received funding from the NIH to design protein nanoparticle vaccines and test their efficacy.

  • New insight into Etruscan life under Rome
    9/1/22

    The site of the excavation led by UB archaeologist Alessandro Sebastiani is one of the few untouched by looters.

  • The evolution of mucus: How did we get all this slime?
    8/30/22

    In mammals, proteins called mucins evolved — again and again — by co-opting non-mucin proteins in a surprising way, study suggests.

  • UB astrophysicist explains wormholes
    8/29/22

    Dejan Stojkovic says a wormhole is like a tunnel between two distant points in our universe that cuts the travel time from one point to the other.

  • How mitochondrial defects lead to accelerated aging
    8/24/22

    UB researchers have developed powerful new ways to study and potentially reverse the cellular mechanisms that cause mitochondrial diseases and premature aging.

  • Book: AI will "never" rule the world
    8/23/22

    “AI that would match the general intelligence of humans is impossible,” says SUNY Distinguished Professor Barry Smith.

  • SEC rule did little to rein in steep CEO pay
    8/18/22

    Requiring firms to disclose the ratio of CEO compensation to the median pay of employees did not result in a change in CEO earnings, a new UB study found.

  • UB professor hopes to adapt slave narrative for TV
    8/17/22

    Kari Winter wants to bring the life of Jeffrey Brace to an entirely new audience.

  • WHI makes lasting contributions to cardiology
    8/16/22

    The study has produced key findings on cardiovascular disease, coronary heart disease, physical activity and more.

  • Art exhibit shines light on oyster issues
    8/15/22

    A unique collaboration featuring robotic oysters aims to address the environmental issues surrounding oyster reefs in NYC’s waterways.