• Meal preparation featuring a colandar full of vegetables and a cucumber being cut.
    Good cholesterol may improve fatigue in MS patients
    8/19/19

    A UB-led study found that MS patients on the vegetable-rich Wahls diet experienced less fatigue.

  • Smog hanging over the Beijing skyline.
    Air pollution hastens lung disease
    8/15/19

    The study led by UB epidemiologist Meng Wang found the impact was roughly equivalent to smoking a pack of cigarettes a day for 29 years.

  • Terra cotta facade in Parker Hall.
    Future of terra cotta on display
    8/15/19

    UB’s fourth annual Architectural Ceramic Assemblies Workshop explores the use of terra cotta in high-performance facade design.

  • Conceptual illustration of citizens of the world walking around a globe.
    Global well-being focus of new movement
    8/13/19

    UB psychiatrist Uriel Halbreich will lead discussions at the World Psychiatric Association Congress aimed at implementing the approach.

  • Series of images showing a color-changing road sign developed by UB researchers.
    Smart traffic signs
    8/12/19

    UB optics experts contributed to research on a new retroreflective material that could be used for nighttime color-changing road signs.

  • A giant luminescent jellyfish from the "jellyfish station" room that is part of the Ocean Cube exhibit.
    UB’s fabrication labs bring life to ‘Ocean Cube’
    8/12/19

    The idea behind the installation is to bring the sea — especially its plight due to pollution — closer to people’s minds.

  • MArch student Zach Fields makes last-minute final touches to Hwang's Hidden in Plain Sight concept models at the "Cyborg Garden, Mutant Institute of Environmental Narratives" exhibition in Matadero Madrid.
    ‘Renaturing’ space for a changing climate
    8/9/19

    Joyce Hwang and her team are looking to make the outdoor areas of a former Madrid slaughterhouse more habitable in the face of global climate change.

  • Bowl with two avocado halves, one with the pit.
    Avocado genome has been sequenced
    8/8/19

    Guacamole lovers rejoice! A new study illuminates the avocado’s family history and lays the foundation for the species’ improvement.

  • The system helps cool its surroundings by absorbing heat from the air inside the box and transmitting that energy through the Earth’s atmosphere into outer space.
    Electricity-free tech for cooling buildings
    8/7/19

    The new system developed by UB engineers could be used in crowded metro areas, an important innovation for cities working to adapt to climate change.

  • This diagram illustrates how the engineered tissue model works to mimic the clotting upon blood vessel injury.
    How do clots become firm in presence of blood flow?
    8/6/19

    A new model of the blood clotting process will help improve presurgical planning and care for patients with certain bleeding disorders.

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