• Female graduate with diploma and proud parents looking on.
    Children with college degrees affect parents’ later health
    7/19/21

    Scientists looked at the intergenerational relationship between parents and children over time, while balancing factors that could influence an aging parent’s health.

  • Bottle of melatonin, with pills scattered on a table.
    Scientists unravel physiological roles of melatonin
    7/16/21

    A new mouse model reveals the hormone directly affects several key physiological functions.

  • Woman having a migraine rubbing her temples.
    Help within reach for migraine patients
    7/15/21

    UB neurologist Melissa Rayhill, who co-authored an editorial on the topic in JAMA, says a new approach could transform treatment for the debilitating condition.

     

  • a protea shrub growing amongst reeds and dozens of other plant species in South Africa’s Greater Cape Floristic Region.
    Mapping biodiversity in South Africa
    7/13/21

    Field biologists and NASA planes will document the distribution and function of species and ecosystems in the region.

  • Stock line graph.
    Animation shapes how investors perceive stock prices
    7/13/21

    A stock appears riskier when its prices are presented in an animated line graph rather than a traditional static line graph, according to new UB research.

  • Kid trying to sneak a cupcake.
    Impulsiveness tied to faster eating in kids, can lead to obesity
    7/12/21

    Research co-led by UB also suggests that cravings after the sight and/or smell of food are linked to an inability to self-soothe in kids.

  • Jun Xia, front and center, with students in his lab.
    Improving medical imaging for leg ulcers
    7/12/21

    The work, supported by a $1.6 million NIH grant to UB researchers, centers on photoacoustic tomography, which uses laser light and ultrasound.

  • First Amendment.
    Debate of Sullivan could change libel laws, UB expert says
    7/9/21

    Two Supreme Court justices' calls to reconsider the landmark case “could represent a turning point” in the history of free speech, UB libel law expert Samantha Barbas says.

  • Steps in the scientific method.
    Context in reporting affects beliefs about, support for science
    7/9/21

    The UB-led study suggests the public can benefit more if media coverage of scientific failure includes mention that ongoing scrutiny is one of the hallmarks of the scientific enterprise.

  • Stem cells in a glass needle are being injected into a mouse embryo using a pipette on the left.
    A guide for creating mouse-human chimeric embryos
    7/8/21

    The stem cell research enables far more accurate models of human development and disease, and could also help solve the shortage of organs for transplant.

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