“Talk is cheap but it’s not that cheap, it’s not nothing,” says Cathy Creighton, director of the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab. “If you can’t get systems changed, then incrementalism is better than doing nothing — it creates a stone that rolls downhill and gets bigger.”

In a study led by Ian Hewson, professor of microbiology, a team of researchers discovered a unicellular ciliate to be the cause of significant sea urchin deaths.

Ilana Brito, associate professor of biomedical engineering, discusses microbiome research from the University of Trento.

Video shows trash-collecting robots that were deployed by a team of student researchers, Fanjan Bu, Ilan Mandel, Wen-Ying Lee, and Wendy Ju, to better understand human-robot interactions.

Saule Omarova, professor of law, discusses options for more secure banking in this opinion essay.

“There’s been a lot of embarrassing, contradictory statements that have come out from the discovery process that even if Dominion loses there will have been pain inflicted on Fox along the way,” says Gautam Hans, associate professor of law.

Jean Bonhotal, senior extension associate at CALS, discusses compost blends and suggests opting for local mixes. 

David Silbey, associate professor of history, comments on a recent U.S. military document leak. 

“There are 18 House Republicans in districts won by President Biden. Those members do not want Trump on center stage. They want him behind the curtain,” says Steve Israel, professor of government.

Eswar Prasad, professor of economics, says, “Although this is not yet a systemic problem for the banking sector, there are legitimate concerns about contagion.”

“It’s premature to declare it extinct,” says John Fitzpatrick, director emeritus at the Lab of Ornithology.

Sarah Kreps, professor of government at the Brooks school, discusses challenges in detecting drones in aerial warfare.