• Portrait of Leonard Simms.
    New evidence-based diagnostic model for mental illness
    3/28/17

    The new HiTOP model addresses what the authors say are limitations to the traditional models like DSM-5.

  • Conceptual photo-illustration of polarized views.
    Does adversity lead to political polarization?
    3/28/17

    Illness and other unexpected events can lead to political polarization, pushing moderates toward extremism.

  • Calm women with a mirror; her image in the mirror is frantic.
    New strategies to manage emotions
    3/27/17

    A UB researcher's streamlined analysis may provide additional tools to treat a variety of psychological disorders.

  • Emboss Tower.
    Golf balls inspire skyscraper skin
    3/24/17

    UB architect Jin Young Song’s Emboss Tower design was a finalist in an international competition focused on more sustainable skyscrapers.

  • graphic with three heads and 3 thought bubbles, one with bacteria, one with a microscope and one with a DNA helix.
    GEM awards funding for new studies
    3/24/17

    More than $110,000 in funding will support pilot studies on a superbug, psoriasis and eczema, and three deadly fungi.

  • Scene from the ArcheAge medieval fantasy game.
    Calm reigns as world ends, game suggests
    3/23/17

    The UB-led study is based on the virtual actions of more than 80,000 players of the role-playing video game ArcheAge.

  • Pharmacist pictured speaking on the phone while looking at a computer monitor.
    Expanding role in patient transitions
    3/21/17

    A UB study aims to evaluate the role of pharmacists in patients' transition from hospital to home.

  • Closeup of a hospital alarm; in the background are the patient in bed, family member by her side and doctor standing with clipboard.
    Easing hospital ‘alarm fatigue’
    3/20/17

    A UB team is developing a tool that uses MP3 principles to alleviate the problem of multiple alarms blending together and failing to alert caregivers to emergencies.

  • An illustration of the different ways in which proteins vibrate.
    When proteins court, dance moves matter
    3/20/17

    Foxtrot or tango? On the biological dance floor, careful choreography may decide how well a suitor is able to woo a partner.

  • A neuron that began as a neural crest stem cell.
    Stem cells without genetic modification
    3/17/17

    A UB study yields neural crest cells from adult skin cells, and could lead to new treatments for Parkinson’s and other brain illnesses.

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