• Scanning electron micrograph of the humped bladderwort plant.
    Study unveils prized genetic treasures
    5/17/17

    New research co-led by UB's Victor Albert highlights the genomic underpinnings that help make the carnivorous bladderwort a ferocious hunter.

  • Fluorescence microscopy image of in vitro model of myelin sheath formation by Schwann cells around neuronal axons.
    How does neuropathy happen?
    5/16/17

    New research on myelination by UB scientists reveals a pathway and a possible therapeutic option.

  • Close up of a man putting on a woman's shoe.
    Study offers insights into empathy
    5/12/17

    The idiom that suggests “walking a mile in their shoes” turns out to be problematic advice.

  • A female patient consults with a doctor about abdominal pain.
    IBS patients (can’t get no) satisfaction
    5/10/17

    Many contributors to patient satisfaction are beyond the physician’s control, a UB study found.

  • stand of silver birch trees.
    Study tells birch's evolutionary story
    5/10/17

    Analyzing 80 genomes of the iconic tree uncovered genetic secrets that are of value to the wood and paper industries.

  • Several interviewees look a one person's large résumé with skepticism.
    Envy can lead to fake résumés
    5/9/17

    Job seekers who stay in the search longer or see their peers getting hired are more likely to falsify their résumés, a UB study has found.

  • Photograph of a puzzle missing a piece.
    Why do some with HIV not get AIDS?
    5/8/17

    The UB study of “long-term nonprogressors” — those who survive without therapy — could lead to new meds for people with the virus.

  • Walter White character from Breaking Bad wearing a yellow hazmat suit, sitting in a lawn chair in a warehouse surrounded by stacks of money and bins filled with "Blue Sky" meth.
    Examining views of heroes and villains
    5/8/17

    A study by UB researcher Matthew Grizzard helps explain why we feel good about fictional characters who do bad things.

  • A two-layered heterostructure, with a 10 nanometer thick film of magnetic EuS (europium sulfide) on the bottom and a single layer (less than 1 nanometer) of the transition metal dichalcogenide WSe2 (tungsten diselenide) on top.
    ‘Valleytronics’ advance could help extend Moore’s law
    5/4/17

    The breakthrough by UB physicists involves controlling energy levels between electron valleys in 2-D semiconductors.

  • Conceptual illustration of Parkinson's research: a head with neurons inside.
    Parkinson’s disease in a petri dish
    5/3/17

    UB researchers have reproduced brain oscillations that characterize the disease, a breakthrough that could speed development of new treatments.

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