• photo illustration of business innovation in which a man dressed in a business suit draws a light bulb.
    Corporate innovation leads to acquisition
    11/12/19

    Businesses that focus on innovation are more likely to be acquired — and receive a higher price when they are — according to new UB research.

  • A rendering of two stingray-like BREEZE spacecraft exploring the atmosphere of Venus, which is depicted by dark blue clouds.
    Exploring Venus with stingray-inspired spacecraft
    11/12/19

    UB researchers received funding from NASA to design a morphing spacecraft with wings that flap like a stingray’s pectoral fins.

  • The A.E. Minks archive housed in Assembly House, the former Immaculate Conception church in downtown Buffalo.
    Estate sale find leads to archive project
    11/11/19

    From a bucket of dusty drawings unfolds the story of little-known architect A.E. Minks and the city he imagined.

  • Mother sitting on the floor playing with her son.
    Maternal warmth can mitigate obesity risk factors in infants
    11/7/19

    Most mothers in the UB-led study had used cigarettes, alcohol, marijuana and cocaine during pregnancy, all obesity risk factors.

  • Rear view of three older women walking along a sidewalk strewn with fall leaves.
    Study links physical activity, lower risk of fracture
    11/7/19

    Women who did the highest amount of physical activity had an 18% lower risk of hip fracture and a 6% lower risk of total fracture.

  • Historic Main Street. Deadwood, South Dakota, USA.
    CEOs show bias for hometown when acquiring companies
    11/6/19

    But the results are mixed, with private deals underperforming public, according to a new School of Management study.

  • Neurovascular Diagnostics co-founders include entrepreneur Jeff Harvey; UB engineering researcher Hui Meng; and UB engineering and medical researcher Vincent Tutino.
    UB spinoff lands funding to develop aneurysm screening
    11/6/19

    Neurovascular Diagnostics was co-founded by a local entrepreneur who lost his wife to brain aneurysms.

  • a gallium oxide transistor created with an electron beam lithography (EBL) system.
    UB receives $1M to buy electron beam lithography system
    11/5/19

    The system will boost UB nanotech research by spurring research and economic development in electronics, quantum computing and more.

  • Teen girl supporting sad crying friend in school setting.
    New approach to reduce teen bullying, sexual harassment
    11/5/19

    UB researchers will enlist peer leaders in the Williamsville high schools to develop more effective programs for adolescents.

  • Tarunraj Singh and students in the lab.
    Improving diabetes care with AI
    11/4/19

    A UB team has received a $200,000 JDRF grant to develop a hybrid model to better understand blood glucose and insulin dynamics.

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