• Young girl with a tablet.
    Head, shoulders, knees and … tablet?
    9/1/21

    UB researcher Claire Cameron has received a Gates Foundation grant to turn a pre-K assessment tool into a digital game.

  • Collection of ancient-looking bottles with Asian writing on one.
    Blurred boundary between poison and medicine
    8/31/21

    UB medical historian Yan Liu writes that traditional Chinese medicine shows that context can make all the difference between poison or cure.

  • The drug gamma hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) in its liquid and powder forms.
    Study identifies possible antidote for GHB overdose
    8/31/21

    Diclofenac blocks passage of GHB into the brain, and other NSAIDs, like ibuprofen, may also limit toxicity of the club drug, UB scientists have found.

  • vat of bacteria.
    UB bio-art project named winner at Falling Walls 2021
    8/25/21

    “Labor,” which recreates the smell of human sweat, was recognized for exploring microbial manufacturing and what it means to be human.

  • UB architecture associate professor Joyce Hwang's installation "To Middle Species, With Love.".
    UB architect unveils latest animal-friendly installation
    8/24/21

    Joyce Hwang’s new project at Exhibit Columbus brings greater visibility to birds, bats, amphibians and reptiles: humans’ forgotten urban neighbors.

  • unhealthy mitochondria.
    Scientists examine how protein attacks cell’s powerhouses
    8/24/21

    UB biologists explore how alpha-synuclein, associated with Parkinson’s disease, damages mitochondria, organelles that produce most of a cell’s energy.

  • Dean Robert G. Shibley meets with Team UB-Alfred in UB's SMART Fabrication Factory to review progress of their ceramic facade prototype.
    Research team advances ceramic façade prototype
    8/20/21

    The UB project with Alfred University opens new possibilities in user-generated architecture and sculptural geometries in terra cotta.

  • Concept of a power pose—woman stands with her hands on her hips.
    Attractiveness pays off at work
    8/19/21

    But there's a trick to level the playing field, according to new research from the School of Management.

  • Concept of a net tethered to a satellite collecting "space junk.".
    Engineer studies net-shooting robots that corral space debris
    8/18/21

    Imagine a satellite shooting a web — like Spiderman — to capture and control debris, says UB grant recipient Eleonora Botta.

  • Concept of child neglect featuring a young child sitting alone at a window.
    UB researcher receives grant to study child neglect
    8/18/21

    While neglect represents about 75% of child protection cases, it remains understudied compared to other types of child maltreatment.

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