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On Tuesday, school district polling places will open so voters can decide whether to approve proposed school budgets for 2021-22 and choose school board members for the coming years. Many polling places have changed since last year, so would-be voters should check with their school district to make sure they go to the right place. Here are budget highlights, school board candidates and polling hours for school districts in Oneida and Herkimer counties:  

A biotech startup co-founded in Ottawa has landed millions of dollars in new funding for its pioneering solution that helps preserve human cells used in next-generation medical research. PanTHERA Cryosolutions says it’s secured a $4-million investment from a pair of U.S.-based firms, Washington state-based BioLife Solutions and New York’s Casdin Capital, to help get its system ready for market over the next two years. In exchange, BioLife will receive exclusive worldwide marketing and distr...

Credit: Courtesy University of Ottawa The makeup of a cold-water fish has inspired a University of Ottawa scientist to develop a method for freezing stem cells and tissue without the risk of "freezer burn." Dr. Robert Ben, a professor in the Department of Chemistry at uOttawa, is one half of the brainchild behind the development of ice recrystallization inhibitors, which are small organic molecules that halt ice growth in order to better preserve biological material used in the fields of cell t...

Date Time AI could lead to faster, better analysis of donated blood, study shows Jason Acker was a lead author of a new international study showing that machine learning can be used to analyze samples of red blood cells faster and more precisely than human experts—a finding that could change how donated blood is assessed, stored and selected for transfusion into patients. (Photo: Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, August 2020) Machine learning could change the way donated blood is evaluated for...