https://phys.org/ en-us Latest news from Buffalo State Fire ants are on the move, and aided by climate change, they're heading north. https://phys.org/news/2020-06-climate-ants-north.html Ecology Thu, 18 Jun 2020 09:28:19 EDT news511691294 With New York State schools shut down for the foreseeable future because of the coronavirus pandemic, parents with school-age children are now adding teaching to their list of parental duties. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-03-expert-discusses-kids-engaged-home.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 26 Mar 2020 10:20:01 EDT news504435888 The iron smelters and coal-fired power plants may be gone, but the imprint of a rust-belt region's industrial legacy remains in its lichen communities. Lichens are the proverbial "canaries in the coal mine" when it comes to looking at the damaging effects of pollution in a given area, said Robert J. Warren, associate professor of biology. https://phys.org/news/2019-08-biodiversity-western-york-lichen-populations.html Plants & Animals Wed, 07 Aug 2019 08:14:11 EDT news484384445 Could the behavior of an invasive species of ants explain the way humans interact? https://phys.org/news/2018-11-dominance-non-native-ants.html Plants & Animals Wed, 28 Nov 2018 07:47:35 EST news462613642 Decades after abandonment as a residential and industrial dump, the Tifft Nature Preserve in Buffalo, New York, is not regenerating itself with canopy trees native to Western New York. Research reported in "Canopy trees in an urban landscape–viable forests or long-lived gardens?" appeared in the journal Urban Ecosystems. https://phys.org/news/2017-02-reforestation-urban-landscapes.html Environment Fri, 17 Feb 2017 07:40:02 EST news406538643 John Abromeit, associate professor of history and social studies education, is an intellectual historian; he studies the history of ideas. One such idea is populism, a widely used term that is hard to define. https://phys.org/news/2017-02-expert-discusses-definition-effects-populism.html Social Sciences Tue, 07 Feb 2017 07:50:01 EST news405675822 Teenagers who are cancer patients or survivors are the same as all teenagers, but the stakes for reaching and maintaining optimal health are much higher: reducing the odds of the cancer's recurring. That's where Carol DeNysschen comes in. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-07-high-health-stakes-teen-behaviors.html Oncology & Cancer Mon, 25 Jul 2016 09:30:03 EDT news388655211 In January, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued new recommendations for health providers to provide more screenings for depression in pregnant and postpartum women. This came on the heel of studies indicating that depression occurs in as many as one in seven women, both during pregnancy and up to a year after a baby is born, and left untreated can be detrimental to the well-being of the mother and child. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2016-03-importance-depression-screenings-pregnant-postpartum.html Psychology & Psychiatry Mon, 07 Mar 2016 08:20:01 EST news376558541 Is it practical to use drones to detect invasive aquatic plants? https://phys.org/news/2015-09-drones-invasive-aquatic.html Ecology Mon, 28 Sep 2015 07:00:02 EDT news362640151 Does more shade limit the presence of invasive plants along streams and rivers? That intriguing possibility was suggested in "Habitat limitations on invasive communities in urban riparian areas," which was posted online by Invasive Plant Science and Management. The authors are Robert J. Warren II, assistant professor of biology; Daniel L. Potts, associate professor of biology, and Kelly Frothingham, chair and professor of geography and planning. https://phys.org/news/2015-08-mitigate-invasive-presence-richness.html Ecology Wed, 12 Aug 2015 08:38:37 EDT news358587484 Remote sensing plays an important role in our everyday life. It's used in GPS navigation, air traffic control, and observing large-scale algae blooms in the Great Lakes. But how can remote sensing be applied to understanding the benthic (organisms living in the bottom of a body of water) invertebrate community distribution in the Niagara River? https://phys.org/news/2015-01-great-lakes-center-sampling-niagara.html Environment Fri, 16 Jan 2015 09:10:05 EST news340618132 The effect of invasive species on native species can be profound, yet very little is known about the complex interaction between the invaders and the native species, or, perhaps more importantly, between multiple invaders and native species. In a research paper "Complex replacement of invasive congeners may relax impact on native species: interactions among zebra, quagga, and native unionid mussels," lead author Lyubov E. Burlakova, research scientist with the Great Lakes Center discusses the importance of understanding those interactions. The study was published online in PLOS ONE on December 9, 2014. https://phys.org/news/2014-12-importance-interactions-invasive-species-native.html Ecology Mon, 15 Dec 2014 07:10:40 EST news337849833 Over the last half century, Lake Erie has been known for its level of pollution and its population of invasive species. Of the two, the invasive species seems to have had the greater effect on the lake's zoobenthic community. https://phys.org/news/2014-07-zebra-quagga-mussels-trump-pollution.html Environment Wed, 16 Jul 2014 08:30:02 EDT news324714867 (Phys.org) —Many woodland plants rely on ants to disperse their seeds; such seed dispersal increases the plant population's chance of survival. Robert Warren, assistant professor of biology, has recently demonstrated that ant-dispersed plants (myrmecochores) compete for ant dispersers by staggering seed release. https://phys.org/news/2014-02-friendly-ants.html Plants & Animals Mon, 10 Feb 2014 06:32:34 EST news311236341 By using Twitter—the social network whose users communicate in "tweets" no more than 140 characters long—a Buffalo teacher engaged a group of high school students in a spirited discussion of a novel. https://phys.org/news/2014-01-twitteracy-twitter-academic-literacy.html Social Sciences Mon, 06 Jan 2014 07:40:03 EST news308215276 Soon after new designs hit the fashion runways in New York and Paris, knockoffs can appear on sales racks in as little as two weeks, especially in retail outlets geared toward the young consumer on a budget. https://phys.org/news/2013-12-fashion-sustainable.html Other Mon, 16 Dec 2013 09:08:59 EST news306407327 Temperature, rainfall, soil composition, and sunlight may not be the only contributors to a plant's success. Ants, in their role as seed dispersers, may play an equally important part in determining whether a plant species thrives or fails. https://phys.org/news/2013-10-ants.html Plants & Animals Tue, 29 Oct 2013 08:33:07 EDT news302254262