• Concept of radiative cooling and solar heating using a newly developed system.
    Radiative cooling, solar heating from one system
    2/10/21

    A UB study outlines a passive cooling system that aims to help improvished communities, reduce cooling and heating costs, and lower CO2 emissions.

  • IEEE logo.
    Three UB engineers elected IEES fellows
    2/9/21

    The prestigious honor was awarded to Amit Goyal, Thomas Thundat and Junsong Yuan.

  • Cover of report, Local government planning for community food systems.
    UB scientists release U.N. report on food systems planning
    2/9/21

    The report is among the first to detail strategies for local government planners in low- and middle-income countries.

  • Diana Aga in the lab.
    Can nanotech, microbes partner to destroy PFAS?
    2/9/21

    Scientists will use analytical and computational methods to understand how PFAS degrade at each step of the proposed treatment process.

  • Graphic illustrating a woman bombarded with choices.
    Quick choice might be avoidance strategy
    2/8/21

    While making decisions quickly seems effortless compared to agonizing over choices, UB research says it may be a way to avoid discomfort.

  • Artist's illustration of species within the taxonomic order Proboscidea, which includes elephants.
    Solving a sizable mystery
    2/8/21

    A study shows that elephants evolved to become big and cancer-resistant by possessing a large toolbox of genes for evading the disease.

  • Rohan Shah (left) and Huy Duc Pham with Forbes 30 under 30 logo.
    Leaders of UB-affiliated startup named to Forbes ist
    2/5/21

    UB alums Rohan Shah and Huy Duc Pham of Classavo have been named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for education.

  • nancy nielsen.
    WBFO’s trusted voice on all things COVID
    2/5/21

    Jacobs School faculty member Nancy Nielsen explains the virus and its impact to a weekly audience at the NPR station.  

  • Children playing in a pre-K classroom.
    Studying school readiness
    2/4/21

    The study led by UB psychologist Jamie Ostrov will measure the nervous system to better understand the role of family and peer adversity.

  • Old tires piled up at a dump.
    NYS turns to UB RENEW to improve tire recycling
    2/3/21

    The research group has been awarded $250,000 from the DEC for a multidisciplinary study of the tire recycling industry.

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