A new protein analysis tool developed at the University at Buffalo could vastly increase the speed and precision with which disease and drug effects are analysed. The groundbreaking tool, called IonStar, is the first to provide near-perfect accuracy when quantifying and comparing the abundance of proteins in the bodies of people who are healthy and ill.

Not comfortable with Face ID and other biometrics? This cybersecurity advancement may be for you. A University at Buffalo-led team of researchers has discovered how to identify smartphones by examining just one photo taken by the device. The advancement opens the possibility of using smartphones - instead of body parts - as a form of identification to deter cybercrime.

  Scientists have used magnetism to activate tiny groups of cells in the brain, inducing bodily movements that include running, rotating and losing control of the extremities — an achievement that could lead to advances in studying and treating neurological disease.

Scientists searching for traces of drugs, bomb-making components and other chemicals often shine light on the materials they're analysing. This approach is known as spectroscopy, and it involves studying how light interacts with trace amounts of matter. One of the more effective types of spectroscopy is infrared absorption spectroscopy, which scientists use to sleuth out performance-enhancing drugs in blood samples and tiny particles of...

A physiological process used commonly by mammals like seals and dolphins inspired the potentially life-saving method University at Buffalo researchers successfully tested to raise blood pressure in a simulation of trauma victims experiencing blood loss. The pre-hospital intervention is simple—place a bag of ice on the victim's forehead, eyes and cheeks. In a small study, this method was shown to increase and maintain a person's blood p...

A father and son team in the START-UP NY program have invented a liquid metal printing machine that could represent a significant transformation in manufacturing. An idea five years ago by former University at Buffalo student Zack Vader, then 19, has created a machine that prints three-dimensional objects using liquid metal. Vader Systems is innovating and building the machines in a factory in the CrossPoint Business Park in Getzville. ...

Could a glow-in-the-dark dye be the next advancement in energy storage technology? Scientists at the University at Buffalo think so. They have identified a fluorescent dye called BODIPY as an ideal material for stockpiling energy in rechargeable, liquid-based batteries that could one day power cars and homes. BODIPY—short for boron-dipyrromethene—shines brightly in the dark under a black light.

It's a paradox that has long vexed researchers in the field of optics. To control a light source, another light source that uses as much energy is often required. The setup works, but it's not efficient. A study reports that researchers have demonstrated a way to control light with light using one third of the energy typically required. The advancement, coupled with other developments, could ultimately lead to more powerful, energy-efficient...

The ubiquity of smartphones and their sophisticated gadgetry make them an ideal tool to steal sensitive data from 3D printers. That's according to a University at Buffalo study that explores security vulnerabilities of 3D printing, also called additive manufacturing, which analysts say will become a multibillion-dollar industry employed to build everything from rocket engines to heart valves.

  The pigment that gives spinach and other plants their verdant colour may improve doctors' ability to examine the human gastrointestinal tract. That's according to a study, published in the journal Advanced Materials, which describes how chlorophyll-based nanoparticles suspended in liquid are an effective imaging agent for the gut.

University at Buffalo researchers will soon be testing in the U.S., Europe, Australia and Latin America a software tool they developed that could make assessing brain atrophy part of the clinical routine for MS patients. The research is funded by Novartis, as part of its commitment to advance the care for people with MS with effective treatments and tools for assessment of disease activity.  

Imagine a device that is selectively transparent to various wavelengths of light at one moment, and opaque to them the next, following a minute adjustment. Such a gatekeeper would enable powerful and unique capabilities in a wide range of electronic, optical and other applications, including those that rely on transistors or other components that switch on and off.

Carrots and apples not only taste different. They make distinct sounds when chewed. This may seem like trivial knowledge, but it's not in the laboratory of University at Buffalo computer scientist Wenyao Xu, who is creating a library that catalogues the unique sounds that foods make as we bite, grind and swallow them. The library is part of a software package that supports AutoDietary, a high-tech, food-tracking necklace being developed by Xu and...