A University at Buffalo chemist has developed a new, high-throughput method for obtaining nuclear magnetic resonance data that not only has the distinction of potentially performing orders of magnitude faster than conventional methods, but does so more cheaply and with greater precision.
University at Buffalo faculty with expertise in cults and the ethical, legal and social implications of human cloning are available to members of the media covering claims made by Clonaid and the controversy surrounding human cloning.
If the U.S. military needed to recruit substantial numbers of young men and women into their forces quickly, they would face a vexing obstacle: the chubby American.
Despite the high volume of shopping done on the Internet each day, many consumers fail to make online purchases because of continued reluctance to engage in transactions with intermediaries that are not familiar and trusted, according to a study by researchers at the University at Buffalo School of Management.
Piero Bianco produces movies. Not films that chronicle the human condition, a la Hollywood. His subject is human biology at its most basic -- the translocation and unwinding of DNA by a DNA motor protein.
Post 9/11 America is a new place sociologically, psychologically, politically and economically. Experts from the University at Buffalo explain how and why.
Researchers and experts in psychology, science, business and education are available for commentary on topics and issues related to the anniversary of September 11.
From design of terrorist-resistant buildings to development of devices to detect airborne bioagents, the University at Buffalo is among several prominent universities nationwide that are making counterterrorism research a priority in their laboratories.
WorldCom watchers take heed: History shows that firms that cook the books are statistically less likely to survive bankruptcy.
There is hope for parents concerned about their children's health in the wake of a recent Center for Disease Control study showing a disturbing increase in childhood obesity and diseases associated with childhood obesity.
A team of researchers led by University at Buffalo physicists reported today that they have created semiconducting materials that exhibit the key properties that are essential to the development of semiconductor spintronic devices.
Alcohol consumption is predictive of workplace absenteeism on a day-to-day basis, with employees nearly two times more likely than normal to call in sick the day after alcohol is consumed, according to a study conducted at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions.
A study by a University at Buffalo researcher supports earlier findings that although fraught with danger and poverty, the conditions under which homeless children in cities in the developing world live are more optimal for survival than originally thought.
In 30 years of studying freeze-thaw cycles of lakes in New York State, Kenton Stewart, Ph.D., has never seen some lakes in his lake-ice network stay unfrozen for an entire winter unless it was an El Nino year. Things changed with the winter that ended on Wednesday.
Insulin may interfere with the cascade of reactions that promote clot formation and platelet aggregation in heart-attack patients and may help prevent clot formation and plaque development in persons at risk of heart attack and stroke, new research by University at Buffalo endocrinologists has shown.
Pediatric surgeon Philip Glick, M.D., is on a crusade to convince the medical community worldwide that minimally invasive surgery should be the new surgical standard for treating conditions in children and adolescents. And he is spreading his message is through a 21st-century version of show-and-tell: the surgical equivalent of teleconferencing.
The beautiful patterns on butterfly wings are emerging as exceptional model systems that may reveal much about how the shapes, sizes and colors of organisms have evolved, a type of study called morphological evolution.
A study by dental researchers from the University at Buffalo School of Dental Medicine offers a preliminary answer to the question of whether breathing in mists spun off by dental drills causes respiratory illness.
In the wake of the Enron debacle, many Americans will begin to question how much they trust their employers, says a University at Buffalo School of Management professor who researches the development and consequences of trust in the workplace.
The fall of Enron demonstrates that an inherent management problem previously thought to occur only among a company's top managers also occurs within a company's board of directors, according to two strategic-management researchers at the University at Buffalo School of Management.
Problem drinkers are 23 times more likely to have a gambling problem than individuals who do not have an alcohol problem, according to a study conducted at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions.
In a new study underway at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions, researchers are examining the cumulative effect of a number of risk factors associated with mothers' cocaine use on their infants' mental development.
A shock-absorption system modeled in a paper authored by theoretical physicists at the University at Buffalo demonstrates that it may one day be possible to protect bridges, ships, skyscrapers, highway structures and even automobile bumpers from extremely powerful impacts.
Rush Limbaugh's loss of sensory inner-ear hair cells, a condition that likely contributed to his hearing loss, could lead to changes in his brain that would allow him optimize use of his remaining hearing, research being done at the University at Buffalo indicates.
The image of an airplane flying into the second tower of the World Trade Center and exploding in flames will remain in America's collective consciousness for a long time. For all, that image forever will represent a national tragedy. But for some, there will be a more profound personal effect, according to a University at Buffalo expert in psychological trauma.
The proposed federal takeover of airport security ultimately could permit longer and more careful screening of passengers and their baggage, according to a University at Buffalo professor who serves on a Federal Aviation Administration panel that studies research and development needs in aviation security.
The University at Buffalo will sponsor a major international forum on Nov. 2-3 at which leading figures in medicine, psychology, sociology, physiology and technology development will discuss the effects of digital technologies on our lives.
Professors from the University at Buffalo are available to discuss the terrorist attack of the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on subjects ranging from intelligence-gathering and the impact on rescue workers to the terrorists' religious beliefs, President Bush's leadership style and the impact on civil rights.
In response to the terrorist attack, "we need to declare a 'Marshall Plan' for the poor and disinherited people of the world, and for the Earth itself, according to an associate professor of philosophy at the University at Buffalo.
Professors from the University at Buffalo are available to discuss the terrorist strikes at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon on topics ranging from how this tragedy will affect our national psyche, to our shattered sense of security, new fear of flying and how to cope with grief.
After spending the past six years probing the physics of how a football travels during flight, a University at Buffalo researcher hopes this week to put into place the final piece of the puzzle for a never-before-quantified phenomenon in football: why a forward pass curves slightly to the left or right, based on the handedness of the passer.
A Nationally prominent education scholar and researcher has blasted what he calls the "test and punish" education plan put forth by President George Bush in the White House report "No Child Left Behind."
Insulin, the hormone used to treat diabetes, also may have potential as a treatment for heart disease, a study conducted by endocrinologists at the University at Buffalo has shown.
OxyContin, one of the newest drugs prescribed for pain, has become a destructive drug of abuse among recreational drug users obtaining it illegally. The potential for abuse is high also among patients receiving the drug legitimately if they are not monitored closely by their physicians.
Mexican Americans in the U.S. who speak primarily Spanish and are less "Americanized" are significantly less active during leisure time than Mexican Americans whose main language is English, a study headed by researchers from the University at Buffalo has found.
Researchers at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions have shown that families exhibit improvements in overall functioning, and in some cases reduced adolescent substance use, when parents receive help and support in coping with their child's substance-abuse problem.
Researchers who have studied the issue of the impact of class size on the performance of children now have incontrovertible evidence that even a few early years of study in a small class of 13-17 peers will enhance a student's academic achievement all the way through high school.
Research scientists at the University at Buffalo's Research Institute on Addictions have demonstrated that alcohol abuse, depression and other problems in the father are related to children's development.
Since it opened last Nov. 15, the V.I.S.A. Center has provided roughly 200 students who have been suspended from the Buffalo Public Schools for acts of violence a safe, weapon-free environment where they can feel comfortable expressing themselves.
Bioengineers at the University at Buffalo and Shriners Burns Hospital-Boston have created a genetically engineered skin that expresses a protein that promotes wound healing. It is believed to be the only artificial tissue designed to express keratinocyte growth factor, KGF. (FASEB Journal, 4-01)
A University at Buffalo epidemiologist's study, found that obesity among children between the ages of 8 and 16 has more than doubled in one generation and that children who watched the most television were the fattest. (Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, 3-15-01)
A shooting at a suburban San Diego high school this week that left two students dead and 13 injured might have been prevented if a teen-ager's threats had been taken seriously and reported to authorities, a University at Buffalo forensic psychologist and law professor said.
Who wrote the Jon-Benet Ramsey ransom note? A computer program developed at the University at Buffalo that is 98 percent effective in determining authorship of handwritten documents soon may be able to assist in answering such questions.
A specific protein isolated from the venom of a Chilean tarantula by University at Buffalo biophysicists shows promise as the basis for new drugs for preventing atrial fibrillation. (Nature, 1-01)
Endocrinologists at the University at Buffalo have pinpointed one of the mechanisms that place the obese at higher risk of atherosclerosis and subsequent heart attack. (J. of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 1-01)
A cellular signaling system that responds to THC, the active substance in marijuana, as well as to anandamide, a cannabinoid-like molecule normally produced in the body, may regulate sperm functions required for fertilization in humans, a study headed by scientists from the University at Buffalo has found.
Amid speculation about the the ability of e-retailers to deliver orders in time for Christmas, one prominent toy manufacturer quietly has staked a claim on the Internet, arousing the suspicion of the big bricks-and-mortar retailers, says a professor of marketing at the University at Buffalo.
Senior citizens might be a lot happier -- not to say healthier and maybe even a little wealthier -- if health-care providers and insurers stopped focusing exclusively on costs of prescriptions and instead looked closely at why patients take so many medications in the first place.
The same principles that ensure user-friendly designs in products ranging from refrigerators to computers to dashboards on automobiles should be applied to the design of both paper and machine election ballots, according to a UB professor of industrial engineering.
A University at Buffalo geologist has used computer models to show that huge lava flows -- called flood basalt eruptions -- that exited the earth's crust relatively slowly, rather than explosively, were capable of dramatic global-scale climate shifts and mass extinctions.
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