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…
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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….
In space, no one checks your ID (but they do on Earth)
By GREGORY ZELLER // New examinations of the universe’s “baby photos” have confirmed what some scientists suspected all along: Existence, as we know it, began 13.8 billion years ago. That’s…
Applied DNA ups ante, again, with Clinical Labs spinoff
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of Long Island’s busiest biotechs has spun off another local startup, this time focused on testing its own potential breakthroughs. Stony Brook-based Applied DNA Sciences,…
The first-ever Crushies are, um, in the can
By GREGORY ZELLER // A little later than expected – but still fresh – the first national competition saluting the best in craft-beer marketing has announced its inaugural champions, including…
Report links LI pandemic recovery to racial equality
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new socioeconomic study ties Long Island’s post-pandemic economic recovery inexorably to race. Sensing an “unprecedented opportunity” in the confluence of the global COVID-19 pandemic and…
A pinch of extra personality for Hamptons meal maker
By GREGORY ZELLER // A celebrity chef with connections to Bobby Flay, Bloomingdale’s and President Donald Trump will spice up the menu of a Hamptons-based meal service. Honest Plate –…