On LI, it’s hip once more to grow hops
By JIM MCCUNE // It’s been nearly three years since Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed the New York State farm brewing law to spur demand for locally grown products and increase…
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A way to keep construction projects on traxx
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the If You Want Something Done Right file comes a startup determined to keep alternative-energy construction projects on track – starting with work done by…
Northrop Grumman out-guns rivals for B-3 contract
Northrop Grumman won the contract to build the Air Force’s next-generation Long Range Strike Bomber, beating out a rival bid from a partnership between Lockheed Martin and Boeing. While it’s…
Add a little amber to the orange and blue
The Blue Point Brewing Co. is going to the World Series. A pint (or six) of the Patchogue craft brewery’s flagship Toasted Lager is on the line – along with…
Applied DNA takes on missile defense
By GREGORY ZELLER // The U.S. Department of Defense is calling on Applied DNA Sciences to secure the electronic guts of the nation’s missile-defense systems. As part of a two-year…
Web4Sign: A signature addition to Start-Up NY
By GREGORY ZELLER // Web4Sign Corp., an Italian import that’s looking to re-set the data security sector, expects to move into Stony Brook’s center for wireless and information tech sometime…
Re-Nuble: Not your average high-growth company
By GREGORY ZELLER // Tinia Pina didn’t set out to create a supercharged organic fertilizer for hydroponic agriculture. It just worked out that way. Pina’s initial concern was the tons…
Henry Schein launches prosthetics partnership
A partnership between a Melville-based medical supplies giant Henry Schein and a foundation focused on an emerging American Dental Association specialty will help usher computer-aided design into dental schools. Schein…
LI Tech Day readies Nov. 10 bow
Billed as the region’s “biggest tech expo,” Long Island Tech Day is an opportunity for startups and established Island tech firms to showcase their tools and talents. Slated to run…
No questions, please, at First Niagara
First Niagara Financial Group announced earnings of 15 cents a share on Friday, in line with expectations. But the big question was about the Buffalo-based bank’s future, specifically a rumored sale to…
Designs from the cutting edge of innovation
By GREGORY ZELLER // Mark and Linda Nuccio hung out the Design Edge shingle on their Merrick garage in 1987, offering you-name-it design and product development services to comers of…
Making the global innovation connection
By GREGORY ZELLER /// It’s a big world out there, and a true innovation economy must capitalize on it. Selling widgets around town can get a startup off the ground,…
Meet the Luminati Aerospace R&D team
Luminati Aerospace shed light on its top management this week, trotting out the startup’s top design and science officers before the Riverhead town board and local residents. The firm, which…
Guv unveils airport funding competition
By GREGORY ZELLER // Gov. Andrew Cuomo has unleashed his favorite funding scheme – the “competitive process” – on New York State’s airports. The governor’s office announced this week that…
IOY 2015: Celebrating invention and innovation
More than 250 winners and well-wishers turned out for our inaugural Innovator of the Year Awards, which celebrated Long Island’s best and brightest ideas and mentorship in software, biotech, clean energy,…