LICA kicks off 2019 slate with tastiest Capital Forum
By GREGORY ZELLER // The Long Island Capital Alliance always has an appetite for success, but the next installment of its Capital Forum series takes that mantra fairly literally. Scheduled…
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Environmentalists cheer CCPA, blast ‘federal inactivity’
By GREGORY ZELLER // A statewide coalition rallying for “climate justice” delivered high praise Friday for some of the sharpest environmental regulations ever considered by Albany. With the New York…
New licensing deal adds fresh buzz to joint venture
By GREGORY ZELLER // A partnership between a Stony Brook biotech and a Canadian pharmaceutical-solutions provider is growing like a weed. Less than a year since introducing the world’s first…
If the UV-decontaminated shoe fits, thank MIDI
By GREGORY ZELLER // After 30 years in the healthcare business, Rachel Dombrowsky understands very well the dangers of hospital-acquired infections. Also, shoes kind of gross her out. So Dombrowsky…
Reality bites, MunchMoney pivots, tummies applaud
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Office of Sticktoitiveness comes Chris Kane and MunchMoney Inc., makers of a rewards-based group-purchasing app that whittled down an overdose of functionality to focus…
Tracey, global team unearth new bioelectronic clue
By GREGORY ZELLER // An international research team featuring one of Long Island’s great innovators has uncovered a potential key to fighting viral infections – a bioelectronic-medicine breakthrough with wide-ranging…
South Nassau smartens up with Mudra lecture series
By GREGORY ZELLER // Strengthening its hand as a teaching hospital, South Nassau Communities Hospital will host an annual medical-education lecture series focused on research and innovation. The Mudra Foundation:…
IPS enables startup’s next-gen fire-prevention tech
By GREGORY ZELLER // If you can’t stand the heat, alert the homeowner through an IoT-enabled remote app. That’s the basic thinking at St. James-based startup Eyetemp LLC – or,…
Globetrotting Applied DNA has it made in Taiwan
By GREGORY ZELLER // Look out, Asia – here comes Applied DNA Sciences. Picking up where it left off at the end of a hyper-busy 2018 – in which it…
Shamash departs, SBU economic development realigns
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University is bidding farewell to its longtime economic-development guru – and saying hello to a new innovation-and-commercialization protocol, starting with a union of its mighty…
And don’t come back: AI eyes Northwell readmissions
By GREGORY ZELLER // New York State’s largest healthcare provider is hoping a new software solution can drive down hospital readmissions. New Hyde Park-based Northwell Health announced Tuesday that is…
Brookhaven backs Bristal Assisted Living, once again
By GREGORY ZELLER // Two senior-living projects will move forward in Mount Sinai, with a little help from the Town of Brookhaven Industrial Development Agency. The Brookhaven IDA has closed…
With patents aplenty, Canon leads Island innovation
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Japanese import and major Long Island stakeholder continued to set a breakneck U.S. patent pace in 2018 – big news on an Island where innovation…
Study: Northwell’s anti-pathogen UV tech is A-OK
By GREGORY ZELLER // A New York City startup backed by Northwell Health’s new business-development division may be on the verge of eliminating infectious pathogens from hospitals. An ultraviolet disinfection…
Food bank, friends unite to help LI shutdown families
By GREGORY ZELLER // You’d like to think that hardworking men and women – particularly those dedicated to government service, which is essentially service of the people – wouldn’t have…