Sheep munch problem plants at Albany farm
At the Normanskill farm on the outskirts of Albany, about a dozen sheep are grazing on the hillside.At first glance, the place looks overgrown and neglected. But it in fact, it's just the opposite.This...
View ArticleBuffalo worm research could lead to improved brain treatment
It sounds like science fiction: a scientist devising a method of manipulating movement by implanting tiny nanoparticles in worms.But it’s true. In fact, that research is now the basis for a $1.3...
View ArticleNurses will need four-year degree under new bill
Under a new piece of legislation in New York’s Assembly, all new nurses in New York would need to earn a four-year Bachelor of Science of Nursing (BSN) degree - within 10 years of passage of the...
View ArticleFlour City Pasta: Old-fashioned food for the locavore set
Ever left a farmers market feeling empty-handed?You've got a bagful of fresh vegetables, maybe some sustainably-raised meat, but something's still missing: starch."There was a huge hole in the farmers...
View ArticleBuffalo's Roswell Park to test cancer fighting vaccine
Can a vaccine treat cancer?That’s the question behind new clinical tests, soon to begin at Buffalo’s Roswell Park Cancer Institute.The medicine in question is not your average vaccine: Each dose is...
View ArticleBuffalo company snags $67 million medical research contract
Buffalo-based CUBRC could earn $67 million for work on the behalf of the federal government.Through a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), CUBRC will investigate potential...
View ArticleSmugtown Mushrooms: Fungi "freaks" building business, more
“These logs really produced a lot for us,” says Olga Tzogas, pointing to a decaying stump at an “undisclosed location” in Webster, N.Y.It’s one of six or seven key spots where Tzogas and her crew of...
View ArticleCatherine Tumber talks about the future of upstate's "Small, Gritty, and...
Catherine Tumber is a big believer that small cities matter."Cities like Rochester and Syracuse have been gradually dropped out of the urban conversation," Tumber says. "I wrote this book to address...
View ArticleNew $300 million medical building opens in Buffalo
The newest addition to Buffalo’s skyline has opened its doors.The 10-story, $300 million Gates Vascular Institute/Clinical and Translational Research Center houses a state-of-the-art surgery center,...
View ArticleStudy finds high risk to drinking water from fracking wastewater
A new study on managing wastewater produced by hydraulic fracturing finds the biggest risk of contamination to drinking water supplies occurs during the disposal process.The report is by Stony Brook...
View ArticleSheep munch problem plants at Albany farm
At the Normanskill farm on the outskirts of Albany, about a dozen sheep are grazing on the hillside.At first glance, the place looks overgrown and neglected. But it in fact, it's just the opposite.This...
View ArticleBuffalo worm research could lead to improved brain treatment
It sounds like science fiction: a scientist devising a method of manipulating movement by implanting tiny nanoparticles in worms.But it’s true. In fact, that research is now the basis for a $1.3...
View ArticleNurses will need four-year degree under new bill
Under a new piece of legislation in New York’s Assembly, all new nurses in New York would need to earn a four-year Bachelor of Science of Nursing (BSN) degree - within 10 years of passage of the...
View ArticleFlour City Pasta: Old-fashioned food for the locavore set
Ever left a farmers market feeling empty-handed?You've got a bagful of fresh vegetables, maybe some sustainably-raised meat, but something's still missing: starch."There was a huge hole in the farmers...
View ArticleBuffalo's Roswell Park to test cancer fighting vaccine
Can a vaccine treat cancer?That’s the question behind new clinical tests, soon to begin at Buffalo’s Roswell Park Cancer Institute.The medicine in question is not your average vaccine: Each dose is...
View ArticleBuffalo company snags $67 million medical research contract
Buffalo-based CUBRC could earn $67 million for work on the behalf of the federal government.Through a grant from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), CUBRC will investigate potential...
View ArticleSmugtown Mushrooms: Fungi "freaks" building business, more
“These logs really produced a lot for us,” says Olga Tzogas, pointing to a decaying stump at an “undisclosed location” in Webster, N.Y.It’s one of six or seven key spots where Tzogas and her crew of...
View ArticleCatherine Tumber talks about the future of upstate's "Small, Gritty, and...
Catherine Tumber is a big believer that small cities matter."Cities like Rochester and Syracuse have been gradually dropped out of the urban conversation," Tumber says. "I wrote this book to address...
View ArticleNew $300 million medical building opens in Buffalo
The newest addition to Buffalo’s skyline has opened its doors.The 10-story, $300 million Gates Vascular Institute/Clinical and Translational Research Center houses a state-of-the-art surgery center,...
View ArticleStudy finds high risk to drinking water from fracking wastewater
A new study on managing wastewater produced by hydraulic fracturing finds the biggest risk of contamination to drinking water supplies occurs during the disposal process.The report is by Stony Brook...
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