Albany kicked in $16 million to support the state’s craft beverage industry on Wednesday, including $5 million for no-interest loans, plus stepped-up marketing and beverage-related tourism and grants for beverage entrepreneurs…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Lanier Mason has his game face on. Yes, his elegant and community-minded solution to a common household problem – the accumulation of used sports equipment clogging…
Medford-based Chembio Diagnostics has been awarded a $2.1 million grant from Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen to develop a speedier test for fevers, including Ebola and malaria. The one-year grant, from…
Hauppauge’s ULC Robotics has been recognized with a Game Changer Award for its unique cast iron joint sealing system, called CISBOT, which operates underground to repair and reinforce joints in cast…
By JOHN L. KOMINICKI // Calverton’s enterprise zone is near a deal with a Brooklyn aeronautical startup that plans to build giant, solar-powered aircraft that would fly high above commercial jet…
A new partnership with a California-based training organization represents a big step toward realizing Applied DNA Sciences’ plans for the United States – starting with access to more than 12,000…
The state is seeking mentors to help provide career and life guidance to children who are at risk of failing in school or in foster care across the state. The mentoring program…
JFI Jets, a private jet charter, aircraft management and maintenance company with operations in Farmingdale, has acquired Florida-based ACP Jets, the operator of a fleet of Hawker, Citation and Gulfstream jets,…
Researchers from Stanford and China have discovered that mealworms can subsist solely on a diet of Styrofoam and other forms of polystyrene and excrete biodegraded material that could be used…
Student-led coalitions will develop million-dollar ideas in a new statewide competition to cut down greenhouse gas emissions on New York State college and university campuses and beyond. Calling climate change…
First and foremost a scientist, Lawrence Weber – who studied physical chemistry at Michigan State University and nucleic acids during a postdoctoral fellowship at MIT – takes an analytical approach…
By JOHN L. KOMINICKI // Long Island’s rosy 4.5 percent unemployment rate – the lowest since 2007 – masks a wide range of unsettling workforce trends. Earnings for private sector…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Today’s lesson from the high-speed, high-tech world: If it ain’t broke, fix it anyway. That’s the emerging game plan of software developer Gorilla Toolz, which was doing…
The United States and 11 of its trading partners reached an historic accord Monday that will lift 18,000 tariffs on U.S. exports, presenting a potential boom for businesses of all…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Bulked up with an added $20 million from its chief institutional investor, Great Neck-based Sharestates has cracked the top 10 of U.S. real estate crowdfunders, according to…