http://www.buffalo.edu/news/list-page.html?key=d-hurricanekatrina en-US Copyright 2008, University at Buffalo 2008-05-17T10:20:54-04:00 apage@buffalo.edu apage@buffalo.edu http://www.buffalo.edu/news/9241 Whether it's springtime flooding, an infectious disease outbreak or a volcanic eruption, small or rural communities affected by natural disasters often suffer additional hardship because of their size, say organizers of "Natural Disasters in Small Communities: How Can We Help?" a conference to be held by the University at Buffalo on March 29 and 30. 2008-03-21T00:00:00-04:00 92410009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/9189 A powerful air sterilization technology developed at the University at Buffalo has killed every biological agent with which it has been challenged, including airborne spores, viruses and bacteria in independent tests conducted for the U.S. Department of Defense. 2008-02-28T00:00:00-04:00 91890009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/9048 How prepared is New York for another terrorist attack or major disaster? That's the question a group of researchers and disaster-response experts will discuss at a two-day conference addressing ways to protect New York City and New York State. 2007-12-28T00:00:00-04:00 90480009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/9011 In the spring of 2006, a paper published in a scientific journal by researchers at the University at Buffalo and two scientific institutions in Italy reported that approximately 4,000 years ago during the Bronze Age, Vesuvius produced an eruption that devastated the area now occupied by metropolitan Naples. 2007-12-06T00:00:00-04:00 90110009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/8915 Long lines of passengers have an effect on the speed with which airport security screeners do certain aspects of their jobs, according to a study by researchers in the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at the University at Buffalo. The study's findings demonstrate empirically for the first time that security screeners do speed up when lines are long, but only when inspecting laptop computers. 2007-10-22T00:00:00-04:00 89150009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/8909 In its initial public demonstration, the world's first seismic testing apparatus for nonstructural components performed exactly as designed last Friday at the University at Buffalo and MCEER, providing engineers with the first realistic, experimental method of simulating and evaluating how earthquakes damage building equipment, contents and components. 2007-10-18T00:00:00-04:00 89090009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/8897 A new testing facility at the University at Buffalo and MCEER is the world's first test apparatus specifically designed to subject costly equipment and mechanical systems in hospitals and other important structures to the precise floor vibrations that they experience during the strongest earthquakes. 2007-10-12T00:00:00-04:00 88970009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/8890 University at Buffalo researchers studying the response to the 2006 "October Surprise" storm have concluded that the effective coordination of emergency services played a critical role in decision making during the crisis. 2007-10-11T00:00:00-04:00 88900009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/8879 Are you a terrorist? Airport screeners, customs agents, police officers and members of the military who silently pose that question to people every day, may soon have much more than intuition to depend on to determine the answer, thanks to computer and behavioral scientists at the University at Buffalo. 2007-10-05T00:00:00-04:00 88790009 http://www.buffalo.edu/news/8660 University at Buffalo faculty members will share their expertise on a variety of topics during the UBThisSummer Lecture Series, "The World in Which We Live: Multiple Disciplines, Multiple Perspectives," to be presented on Wednesday afternoons this summer on UB's North (Amherst) Campus. 2007-05-31T00:00:00-04:00 86600009