Research News

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  • Multipronged approach needed to stem synthetic opioid deaths
    7/11/24

    Pharmacy professor Edward Bednarczyk discusses an online training program for prescribers and other efforts.

  • Deepfake detective
    11/17/23

    UB faculty member Siwei Lyu is the expert the media turn to when determining the authenticity of a photo or video.

  • Study explores using telemedicine for HCV management
    11/16/23

    The study found that telemedicine treatment for HCV in those with opioid-use disorder was more than twice as successful as off-site referrals.

  • ADHD drugs delay bone healing in kids, UB study finds
    11/15/23

    Millions of children are prescribed these drugs and many more take them illicitly.

  • Greenland’s glacier retreat rate doubles in past two decades
    11/14/23

    Using satellite images and historical photos, researchers have compiled the most complete picture of Greenland’s outlying glaciers to date.

  • Developing Earth’s thinnest materials for space tech
    11/10/23

    An international team led by UB will use AI and quantum science to apply 2D materials to satellite sensors and radiation shields.

  • Acapulco prepared for quakes — but not Otis
    11/10/23

    UB engineer Michel Bruneau says the field should consider the consequences of extreme events, not just the odds that they will occur.

  • Goyal served on National Academies’ committee
    11/9/23

    The expert panel recently issued a report on the NSF’s participation in the Materials Genome Initiative.

  • Lancet Seminar outlines new MS diagnostic criteria
    11/8/23

    Lead author Bianca Weinstock-Guttman notes prospects are improving for those with MS but disease management in older adults is challenging.

  • How your brain stores and retrieves words
    11/8/23

    UB faculty member Nichol Castro says the words you use and the mental dictionary you have are part of what make you and your voice unique.

  • UB expert weighs in on legal cannabis
    11/7/23

    R. Lorraine Collins talks about her work on the subject and why she's an advocate for legalization in the latest edition of the Driven to Discover podcast.