research & development

Startup uses sensors to find cause of knee pain

Matt Richmond — Fri, 05 Apr 2013 14:03:24 +0000

Tim Cortesi is a software engineer at a downtown Binghamton company called Sonostics. At the company's offices in Binghamton's startup incubator, he sticks four small patches attached to wires onto the muscles around his knee.

Israeli companies will use UAlbany's nanotech school

Ryan Delaney — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:12:07 +0000

The state of Israel will spend up to $300 million a year in a new partnership with the University at Albany for Israeli companies to use the school's nanotechnology facilities.

Fiscal Cliff deal is good news for small business

Ryan Delaney — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 20:27:47 +0000

While the Fiscal Cliff deal passed by Congress at the turn of the New Year raised taxes on some of the wealthiest people in America, it left many tax breaks in place that benefit small businesses. That is, along as they take advantage of them.

Research credit extension could be a double-edged sword

Kate O'Connell — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 20:16:23 +0000

Tuesday’s fiscal cliff package included extensions to a range of business-related tax credits, including one aimed at supporting research and development. Although Rochester, Buffalo and Syracuse have some of the most active R & D economies in the country, experts say the deal could be a double-edged sword for upstate New York.