Science/Technology

3D simulator targets need for improved forklift training

Ashley Hassett — Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:00:00 +0000

Every year in the United States forklift-related accidents kill around 85 people and injure nearly 20,000 more, those numbers have created demand for better training techniques, including a new 3D simulator developed in upstate New York.

New window coating aims to shield sun's rays

Ashley Hassett — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:56:00 +0000

It’s a creation expected to reduce the cost of heating and cooling for homes and businesses. It took five years for University at Buffalo Professor Sarbajit Banerjee and his students to invent a window film that repels heat from the sun.

UB researchers test earthquake vulnerability of NYC buildings

Omar Fetouh and Ashley Hassett — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 15:50:55 +0000

Researchers at the University at Buffalo conducted earthquake simulations Tuesday to test the vulnerability of unreinforced masonry buildings, typical in New York City.

Zimbabwe minister of science & tech visits UB

Mike Desmond — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 14:34:38 +0000

The University at Buffalo has major partnerships with universities in Zimbabwe. That country's minister of science and technology development visited UB's Center of Excellence Tuesday. WBFO's Mike Desmond was there to speak with the leader.

Sports doctor to the stars free of charges in Canada

Chris Jamele — Sat, 14 Apr 2012 13:54:31 +0000

The Canadian doctor who faced charges in the US of smuggling drugs and human growth hormone across the border has been cleared of charges up north.

Freeze warning for most of region; more crop damage

WBFO Newsroom — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 17:14:31 +0000

The National Weather Service has issued a freeze warning for much of the region.

Researchers use light filters to help heal wounds

Daniel Robison — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 15:33:05 +0000

Why some wounds heal quickly and others don’t sometimes baffles doctors. Now, new research at the University at Buffalo uses special light filters to find answers.

Ground breaking cardiac surgery comes to WNY

Jim Pastrick — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:17:11 +0000

Ground breaking cardiac surgery is being conducted right here in Buffalo.

Meet the Author with Kenneth R. Miller

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:52:11 +0000

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Buffalo, NY – At the dawn of the twenty- first century, the debate over Darwin's theory of evolution is nearly as contentious as it was in the notorious Scopes trial a century ago.

Human Interference, Nature to Blame for Sinking Homes

Thu, 19 Dec 2002 20:03:00 +0000

Buffalo, NY – Soil problems have been blamed for severe damage to about two hundred homes in affluent subdivisions of Amherst. But geology experts and one town official say the problem may be at least partly human interference.

Peregrine Falcon Chicks Are Banded for Future Tracking

Tue, 04 Jun 2002 16:20:00 +0000

Buffalo, NY – There was a brief disturbance Monday morning high a top of the Statler Building in downtown Buffalo. The two peregrine falcons, nested at a 17th floor window, watched as human hands snatched up their three chicks.