• A space toilet.
    How do astronauts pee in space?
    3/23/21

    Carefully — and with suction, UB geologist Tracy Gregg tells The Conversation’s “Curious Kids” feature.

  • Video game consul.
    Success, escapism can lead to online game addiction
    3/22/21

    Addiction may lead to neglected families and jobs, and to crime, health problems or death, according to UB-led research.

  • Jaekyung Lee.
    Lee’s work part of effort to share equity research
    3/22/21

    The Harvard Kennedy School project to collect academic anti-racism research and share it outside academia includes a study by the GSE faculty member.

  • President Satish Tripathi cuts a ribbon to open the Incubator @CBLS.
    UB, partners open business incubator
    3/19/21

    The Incubator @CBLS in the Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences is UB's latest addition to the startup ecosystem downtown.

  • Senior woman who has fallen and is touching her head.
    Prescribing drugs that increase risk of falls rising in elderly
    3/17/21

    A UB study led by researcher Amy Shaver found that 94% of older adults were prescribed a prescription drug that increased their risk of falling in 2017.

  • Stack of books.
    Read to succeed ─ in math
    3/15/21

    Research led by psychologist Christopher McNorgan shows how reading skill shapes more than just reading.

  • Portraits of six people, all of which are fake, and close-up views of their fake eyes below the portrait.
    The eyes have it
    3/12/21

    UB computer scientists have developed a tool that automatically identifies deepfake photos by analyzing light reflections in the eyes.

  • eyeglasses with the words freelance contract viewed through a lens.
    Don't fear the meter
    3/11/21

    Managers prefer flat fee contracts — and that may hurt profits, UB study finds.

  • Linda M. Harris, MD, and Maciej L. Dryjski, MD, PhD, pictured with “Complications in Endovascular Surgery,” a textbook they co-edited.
    Surgery faculty co-edit book
    3/11/21

    The book is the first to address perioperative complications during endovascular procedures.

  • A glass of cola soda with a red and white-striped straw and icecubes.
    Not so sweet
    3/11/21

    UB research found that breast cancer patients who drink sugar-sweetened soda regularly are at increased risk for death from any cause, and breast cancer in particular.

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