Research News

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  • NIH grant to support research on aging, loneliness
    10/8/24

    UB professor John Beverley's team will work to improve understanding for how solitude relates to flourishing in older age.

  • Testosterone-insulin link
    12/3/15

    Men with Type 2 diabetes who have low testosterone levels can benefit significantly from testosterone treatment, UB researchers have found.

  • Mother Nature knows best
    12/3/15

    UB researchers are investigating whether plant sterols can be used as a natural alternative to drug therapy in expectant mothers who have high cholesterol.

  • #SaferRoads
    12/3/15

    Go ahead, rant about the snow on Twitter. It can ease traffic on slippery, congested roads.

  • Physiology of stress
    11/30/15

    UB neuroscientist Zhen Yan has received a $2 million grant to explore what stress does to the brain.

  • AAAS fellows
    11/30/15

    UB researchers Luis A. Colón and Mark T. Swihart have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

  • Fueling terrorism
    11/20/15

    Social Work professor Hilary Weaver says preventing Syrian refugees from entering the U.S. would fuel, not curb, terrorism.

  • Unintended consequences from tight security
    11/19/15

    Security measures in American high schools can have unintended consequences that hinder, rather than help students learn, according to new UB and Canisius College research.

  • False Positive
    11/19/15

    Performance art created by UB faculty member Mark Shepard raises awareness of online privacy issues.

  • Addressing pediatric obesity
    11/19/15

    New UB faculty member Carroll McWilliams Harmon, co-author of a national teen weight-loss surgery study, brings a fresh perspective to Western New York’s pediatric obesity problem.

  • Helping nanoparticle glow
    11/19/15

    A new, onion-like nanoparticle developed by a UB research team could open new frontiers in biomaging, solar energy harvesting and light-based security techniques.