Quantum powers unite in Island’s $115M QIS center
By GREGORY ZELLER // A $115 million research effort rooted at Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University will try to push the United States to the head of the…
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Northwell, Mount Sinai hospitals put their hearts in it
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island hearts are in very good hands – literally, when necessary. Two of the region’s busiest healthcare systems, operating some of Long Island’s most active…
New York delegation: End offshore-wind delays now
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island political, environmental and labor leaders are calling on Washington to quit stalling and finally designate a final Wind Energy Area in New York waters….
Schools, other post-pandemic verticals Cleared4 liftoff
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Southampton-based startup with a patent-pending post-pandemic platform is now helping school districts safely reopen in COVID-19’s wake. Cleared4Class is the latest addition to the Cleared4…
SUNY looks inward, taps ex-policy wonk as chancellor
By GREGORY ZELLER // After a relatively brief search for a successor to former Chancellor Kristina Johnson, SUNY has found its new head honcho – inside SUNY. Jim Malatras is…
Northwell pulls for ‘miracle’ man, who pulls through
By GREGORY ZELLER // Do you believe in miracles? Tito Velasquez just might. At a minimum, you can bet the Valley Stream resident believes in Northwell Health, where Velasquez earned…
Federal grants back very different SBU compu-efforts
By GREGORY ZELLER // Millions of dollars in new federal grants are flowing to Stony Brook University’s Department of Computer Science, with cyber-defense and mobile data playing large. The research…
Docs dig deep with brain-based neurostimulator
By GREGORY ZELLER // An innovative “deep brain” device that captures and records cerebral signals is changing the way Northwell Health physicians treat a drug-resistant form of epilepsy. Introducing the…
NYCB rises above pandemic with ‘impressive’ 2Q
NEW YORK COMMUNITY BANCORP INC. Headquarters: Westbury Industry: Finance NYSE: NYCB Reporting Date: July 29, 2020 Reporting Quarter: 2Q FY2020 Quarter Ended: June 30, 2020 Numbers: Net income for…
Well-paid, well-respected CFO takes over LIPA’s books
By GREGORY ZELLER // The Long Island Power Authority’s new CFO is no stranger to major-league utility operations – or to LIPA. The power authority’s Board of Trustees has named…
Return to Mars: SBU scientist back in the PIXL
By GREGORY ZELLER // Joel Hurowitz just can’t get off Mars. Hurowitz is not at all like the “The Martian,” titular hero of novelist Andy Weir’s smash hit about a…
Suffolk IDA signs off on Spectronics Corp. move
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of President Trump’s most vocal corporate-sector critics will keep his international manufacturing business on Long Island, with help from the Suffolk County Industrial Development Agency….
Northwell experts update brain cancer biotechnology
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Northwell Health inner circle with deep biotechnology roots has issued a “comprehensive update” of breakthroughs in brain tumor research. The roadmap of next-generation advances in…
With impressive speed, MachWall CONNECT has landed
By GREGORY ZELLER // If there’s one thing that’s going to bring society together again in the Age of Coronavirus, it’s building a wall. In fact, a whole bunch of…
Science, numbers back Applied DNA’s COVID-19 serums
By GREGORY ZELLER // With scientists around the world racing toward a COVID-19 vaccine, serums manufactured by a Long Island biotech are showing significant promise – both medically and economically….