• Kirigami
    2/14/19
    The latest in electronics comes from an unlikely source.
  • 3D Dentures
    8/30/18
    These dentures are 3D printed and stave off infections in the mouth.
  • Frying Cancer Cells
    8/31/18
    How do you kill tumors from the inside? Just add heat.
  • Superbug
    8/30/18
    UB researchers are on the trail of a deadly pathogen.
  • Autism Drug
    9/12/18
    Can the behavioral symptoms be reversed by a drug approved for cancer?
  • Beaver Robot
    8/30/18
    Adaptable robots entail a leap for rescue operations and more.
  • COPD
    10/1/18
    Understanding COPD’s most harmful pathogen.
  • Diabetes
    10/1/18
    Additional drug treatment suggests big benefits for Type 1 diabetes patients.
  • Vitamin D
    10/1/18
    Illuminating the impact of vitamin D insufficiency.
  • Water Purifier
    10/1/18
    New solar still could help make clean water available to all.
  • Artificial Intelligence
    10/23/18
    On Sept. 18, the University at Buffalo announced the launch of the University at Buffalo Artificial Intelligence Institute.
  • Cancer Sensor
    2/20/19
    A portable tool aims to boost early detection of cancer, anywhere and everywhere.
  • Battery Power
    2/20/19
    UB researchers are exploring how the industrial pollutant methylene blue could be repurposed to help fuel rechargeable batteries.
  • ADHD
    2/26/19
    A study delivers answers about how common medications work.
  • Vascular Model
    2/19/19
    Ultra-precise 3D-printed vascular models are helping surgeons get a handle on stroke, aneurysms and heart failure.
  • Schizophrenia
    5/26/23
    New information provides hope for reversing the disease in utero.
  • Volcano Reaction
    3/26/19
    Testing the physics of a poorly understood natural phenomenon.
  • Antidepressants in Fish
    3/26/19
    Treatment plants aren’t doing enough to remove pharmaceuticals like antidepressants from household wastewater—and fish are feeling the effects.
  • Ritalin
    3/26/19
    Non-prescription use of the stimulant might have lasting consequences.
  • Breastfeeding
    3/26/19
    A new study challenges the long-held notion that ‘breast is best’ for infant health.
  • Drunchies
    3/26/19
    Drinking affects what college students eat—and that could be hurting their health.
  • Alzheimers
    3/26/19
    With epigenetics, there’s new hope for doing just that.
  • Trump Tweets
    8/26/19
    How Trump’s tweets yield an unexpected bipartisan unity.
  • Kangaroo Care
    8/26/19
    Bringing mom’s touch to babies who can’t be held.
  • Binge Watching
    8/26/19
    A researcher warns that binge-watching behaviors need to be watched.
  • Ocean Cube
    8/27/19
    An ocean-themed pop-up exhibit meant to delight—and drive change.
  • Depression Smartphone
    8/22/19
    Our smartphones can tell us many things—can they reveal when depression will strike?
  • Oral Light Therapy
    8/22/19
    Preventing one of the worst side effects of cancer treatment, without drugs.
  • Spider Venom
    10/17/19
    A new drug for muscular dystrophy—derived from tarantula venom—progresses toward market.
  • Survivor Guilt
    10/7/19
    Data from 9/11 reveals that survivor’s guilt is real.
  • deepfakes
    10/7/19
    Videos manipulated by AI weaponize disinformation. A UB expert is fighting back with the facts.
  • heart health
    10/7/19
    When it comes to heart health in older women, a little movement goes a long way.
  • UB Heals
    2/10/20
    Medical students are using their training to aid Buffalo’s homeless population.
  • Blood Sugar
    3/17/21
    Understanding blood sugar regulation is complicated. A UB research team is using AI to get the answers doctors and patients need.
  • Understanding Relapse
    2/12/20
    Why does the drug have such a powerful pull on users even after they quit?
  • Onions and Garlic
    2/11/21
    Puerto Rican sofrito is not only tasty—it could help reduce your breast cancer risk.
  • Climate Change
    2/24/21
    With climate change threatening the planet’s future, a UB-led research team is looking to the past for answers.
  • Stingray
    2/19/21
    Sea rays inspire the design for a radical new spacecraft.
  • Therm Behav 2
    2/12/20
    Sex matters when it comes to thermal behavior.
  • Vaping
    2/12/20
    Understanding what guides adolescents’ decision-making on e-cigarettes.
  • Niagara Wetland
    5/26/23
    How UB law students helped secure international wetland status for the Niagara River Corridor.
  • Imagine Lasalle
    3/11/20
    A community comes together to build a park for everyone.
  • COVID-19 Children
    9/21/20
    A UB pediatrics researcher is taking a lead role in establishing a patient registry and developing treatment guidelines for children struck by the novel coronavirus.  
  • Mary Talbert
    2/3/21
    A quest to chronicle the life of an unsung human rights activist
  • COVID-19 Disparities
    9/21/20
    UB researchers are attempting to mitigate the severe impact of COVID-19 on underserved populations through engagement and education.
  • Greenland
    9/21/20
    Building on a pioneering history of ice coring, a UB geologist is drilling down for insights into the fate of the planet.
  • Luis Colon
    9/21/20
    How a generation of Puerto Rican chemists has thrived in Buffalo thanks to one mentor.
  • Murphy CHE
    9/21/20
    Buffalo’s leaders in the fight against racial health disparities take the mic at state public hearing.
  • Mammogram
    2/10/21
    A device under development by researchers uses light and ultrasound to more accurately screen patients for breast cancer.
  • Older Adults Medications
    2/10/21
    Older adults are being prescribed inappropriate drugs at an alarming rate, and the effects are costly.
  • Type 1 Diabetes
    2/17/21
    A drug already on the market for autoimmune disorders could help children and young adults with diabetes control their disease.
  • COVID-19 Birth Guidelines
    2/10/21
    A comprehensive guide establishes best practices for safe childbirth when the mom has COVID-19.
  • Lung Disease
    2/12/21
    Microtissues may be the key to finally unlocking viable drug treatments for this life-threatening illness.
  • Hybrid Rockets
    3/17/21
    An $8.5 million grant makes UB a launch pad for advanced hybrid rocket technology and a new generation of space researchers.
  • Fragile X
    3/17/21
    Researchers take a big step in treating a genetic disorder closely linked to autism.
  • Pregnancy Nausea
    3/17/21
    Severe sickness in pregnancy is rare, but devastating, and with no effective treatment. Until now.
  • Greenland Ice Loss
    3/17/21
    New research shows the Greenland Ice Sheet is melting at a much faster rate than we thought.
  • AI Pollution
    3/18/21
    A multidisciplinary team of UB researchers is developing high-tech tools and community outreach efforts to give the environment a brighter outlook.
  • Community Partnerships in Pandemic
    2/16/21
    How UB experts and community leaders worked together to blunt the effect of the pandemic on Buffalo’s most vulnerable citizens.
  • Preparing K-12 Teachers
    5/10/21
    School districts nationwide are facing major societal challenges, from the pandemic to racial injustice. An innovative program at the University at Buffalo is designed to address those issues head-on.
  • Great Lakes Pollutants
    3/30/21
    A new study shows how long-banned chemicals are accumulating in the bodies of common terns, a threatened species, and jeopardizing the health of Great Lakes ecosystems.
  • Drone Testing Facility
    3/17/21
    Uncrewed aerial vehicle research at UB gets a major boost with a new open-air drone enclosure—among the largest of its kind in the U.S.
  • Alzheimers Memory
    2/15/21
    A recent study illuminates a promising new path to treating Alzheimer’s.
  • Drone Facility Local
    2/10/21
    Uncrewed aerial vehicle research in Buffalo gets a major boost with UB’s new open-air drone enclosure—among the largest of its kind in the U.S.
  • Detecting ADHD
    3/17/21
    A more reliable model of ADHD could improve not just diagnosis but treatment too.
  • Fighting COVID
    3/10/21
    On the front lines, in labs and throughout the community, UB is applying its full strength to defeating the pandemic in Western New York.
  • Ancient Bone Fragment
    3/17/21
    An ancient bone fragment found in Southeast Alaska offers major insights into this question.
  • Melatonin
    9/13/21
    The naturally occurring hormone plays a role in a remarkably long list of physiological processes, going far beyond sleep.
  • Cultural Affirmation
    9/13/21
    Two researchers examine the unique challenges Black girls face in schools and the powerful things Black women have done to uplift them.
  • 3D Organs
    9/13/21
    Forget toner cartridges; hydrogels and stereolithography are key in a new method to 3D-print complex tissues.
  • Elephants
    9/13/21
    A new study explains how elephants evolved to be both large and cancer resistant.
  • Chemicals
    9/13/21
    PFAS, a class of chemical compounds, are dangerous and everywhere. Could nanotech and microbes be the keys to removing them?
  • Sea Levels
    9/13/21
    Science shows that altering the course of climate change is possible in this century, but countries will need to do more.
  • Space Tether
    9/13/21
    NASA tracks 27,000 pieces of debris in outer space. An engineer is laying the groundwork to clean it up.
  • AI Tool
    9/13/21
    A new study uses AI to map Type 2 diabetes against risk factors, in hopes of shrinking its prevalence across the U.S.
  • Climate Action
    9/21/21
    The University at Buffalo is leading higher education in a key United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal.
  • AA WNY
    10/19/21
    UB researcher Lillian S. Williams showed that the past experiences of Black Western New Yorkers were never lost—historians just had to look for them.
  • BIG Jobs
    11/4/21
    The University at Buffalo’s Buffalo Institute of Genomics and Data Analytics has had a significant impact on job creation in the region.
  • Dental Care
    4/7/22
    A new study evaluating the impact of various oral health care tools on gum disease answers that question and more.
  • Sugar Microbes
    4/7/22
    A microbe’s love of sugar could help pave the way to a greener planet.
  • Reverse Aging
    4/7/22
    By reversing deterioration in muscle cells, researchers may be one step closer to novel treatments for age-related disorders.
  • Headphones
    4/7/22
    Noise-cancelling headphones together with a specially programmed smartphone app could revolutionize deaf-hearing communication.
  • Chronic Pain
    4/7/22
    Researchers have developed a new treatment for pain that combines the efficacy of opioids with the safety of a local anesthetic.
  • Air Force
    4/7/22
    As Earth’s orbit gets increasingly crowded, we’ll need cutting-edge technology to manage it all. UB is on the case.
  • Neighborhood Health
    3/9/22
    Two UB organizations, both aimed at reversing the legacy of discrimination in marginalized communities, are joining forces to effect transformative change.
  • AI Institute
    4/7/22
    UB’s new Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science will help shape the technology that will shape the future.
  • AAU Ranking
    9/29/23
    New York State’s flagship, a member of the prestigious AAU and ranked among the top 40 publics in the nation, UB is raising the bar for research and discovery.
  • TEST
    4/7/22
    Those who grew up with the University at Buffalo as their neighborhood university may not realize how extraordinary an institution it is. In fact, UB is recognized as a leading public research university around the country and the world. It was the first public university in the state invited to join the Association of American Universities (AAU), in 1989; to this day, it is one of only two AAU institutions within SUNY. And it has been ranked among the top 40 public universities in the country by U.S. News & World Report for the past four years.
  • 2022 Grads
    5/16/22
    UB’s Class of 2022 has the drive to change the world for the better—and the power to make it happen.