• An artist rendering of a nerve cell.
    COVID-19 linked to neuromuscular disorders
    8/5/20

    A comprehensive literature review by UB neurologist Gil Wolfe suggests the virus can cause and exacerbate neuromuscular symptoms in some patients.

  • Woman, looking stressed, with alcoholic husband in background.
    Trial seeks women whose partners are problem drinkers
    8/4/20

    The Stop Spinning My Wheels project combines treatment with research to help women.

  • UB students -- socially distanced and wearing masks -- prepare to board a Stampede bus.
    Strategies can help WNY avoid surge in COVID-19 cases
    8/3/20

    UB scientists offer data that show that if they're deployed widely, behaviors like mask-wearing can help avoid outbreaks like those in the South and West.

  • A microscope image showing a porous, crystalline material called a metal-organic framework, or MOF, in its hydrated state.
    How a crystalline sponge sheds water molecules
    7/31/20

    UB scientists use advanced techniques to observe how a specific crystalline sponge changes shape as it loses water molecules.

  • View of supermarket shelves from behind a shopping cart.
    Keeping supply chains moving
    7/27/20

    Researchers in the UB School of Management have developed a new framework to make supply chains more resilient during a crisis like COVID-19.

  • Graphic depicting a silicone wristband with a map of South America and an arrow pointing to the country of Uruguay.
    Wristbands measure chemical exposure
    7/24/20

    Study found an average of 13 pollutants in each silicone wristband worn by a small sample of children in Montevideo, Uruguay.

  • Medical professional looking through patient records.
    People will violate privacy laws if price is right
    7/23/20

    When medical treatment for a loved one is on the line, people will more readily give up another person’s information, study finds.

  • Crawling fruit fly larvae.
    Study reveals details about Huntington’s disease protein
    7/21/20

    The research adds to a body of work devoted to understanding the protein’s role in cell biology and health.

  • Map showing four locations in Greenland where the GreenDrill team will be working.
    Bedrock drilling may unlock Greenland Ice Sheet’s secrets
    7/20/20

    The project co-led by UB geologist Jason Briner could reveal when the ice last retreated, laying the foundation for better models of future sea level rise.

  • On November 8, 2018, the Camp Fire erupted 90 miles (140 kilometers) north of Sacramento, California. As of 10 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on November 9, the fire had consumed 70,000 acres of land and was five percent contained, or surrounded by a barrier.
    UB engineer to track how wildfires spread
    7/16/20

    Negar Elhami-Khorasani is part of a multi-institutional research team that is using science and technology to better understand and help prevent deadly wildfires.

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