Neuroscience: Predicting smell from structure

Pablo Meyer at IBM's Computational Biology Center in Yorktown Heights, New York, and his colleagues, asked 49 people to smell hundreds of molecules and rate them on intensity, pleasantness and 19 other descriptors, such as 'fruit', 'musky' and 'bakery'. The researchers gave these ratings, along with information on the substances' chemical structures, to 22 teams of computational scientists, who competed to build the best predictive, machine-learning algorithms.

Gas Shut Off After Main Breaks At Yorktown CVS

Gas was shut off Friday night to a portion of the Commerce Street shopping center after an object struck the rear gas room at CVS just before 10 p.m., the Yorktown Heights Volunteer Fire Department said. After arriving fire department units detected a strong odor of gas, readings of gas inside of the building were rapidly climbing, the department said.

Middletown man wins $10K a week Lottery

... big winner in the New York Lottery. Poptanich was heading from his home in Middletown to a job site in Yorktown Heights in December. He was early, so he stopped at the Fort Montgomery Food Mart on Route 9W, where he bought a coffee and a couple ...

Yorktown Support Connection Plans Knitting Circle For Women With Cancer

Great comfort can be found in the time-honored practices of knitting and crocheting - knitting circles offer women a place to gather around a common interest. Support Connection announced the next session of its free monthly program 'Marge's Knitting Circle' has been set for Thursday, March 23 from 2:30-3:30 p.m. at the Support Connection office in Yorktown Heights.

Blue Angels Sniff Out Win Over John Jay

... squander that lead at the 5:00 mark when CNR took a 62-61 lead on a free throw by freshmen Glen O'Loughlin (Yorktown Heights, NY). Schenkel finsihed with a game-high 28 and Tisdale contributed 26 points, 10 boards and a team-best three helpers.. ...

Global Students Complete Courses at MSMC

... entrepreneurs and visited leading area businesses, including the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, N.Y. The IBM trip was facilitated by Charles Frank, chair of the Mount Saint Mary College Board of Directors. "Every one of ...

Suit Accuses Yorktown Of Violating Americans With Disabilities Act

Yorktown officials are being accused of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act in a lawsuit that alleges that additional parking spaces pledged to bring the building toward compliance were removed, according to lohud.com. Westchester Disabled on the Move and its board president, Gail Cartenuto Cohn, of Yorktown Heights, filed the suit in federal court in December, said lohud.com.

Yorktown Man Jumps Bail For Assault Charges, Police Say

A Yorktown Heights man is back in custody after being arrested for jumping bail following a previous assault charge, police said. On Thursday, the Yorktown Police Department reported the arrest of 38-year-old Ricardo Carter, who was taken into custody in Ardsley for an alleged active bench warrant on previous charges.

Cadets hang on in Plattsburgh

... twice, while senior Kyle Hall (Assiniboia, Saskatchewan/Battlefords North Stars), sophomore Nick Belger (Yorktown Heights, N.Y./Soo Eagles) and freshman Schuyler Seyfert (Marshfield, Wis./Ogden Mustangs) each netted one goal. Six players earned one ...

Pleasantville Man Killed In Taconic Parkway Crash In Yorktown ID’d

A 71-year-old Pleasantville man was killed in Yorktown on Thursday afternoon following a single-car crash that saw him travel nearly 100 feet into an embankment on the Taconic Parkway. At approximately 12:30 p.m. on Thursday afternoon, 71-year-old Pleasantville resident Anthony Giorgio drove off an embankment on the Taconic, striking a guard rail near southbound exit 13 , before traveling approximately 75 feet into the woods, according to the Yorktown Heights Volunteer Fire Department.

Man Killed In Westchester Crash ID’d

... off an embankment on the parkway into the woods near southbound exit 13. (Underhill Avenue/Croton-on-Hudson/Yorktown Heights) Giorgio was the only occupant of the vehicle and the accident continues to be investigated, according to Trooper Melissa ...