Stony Brook rock star pitches in on Mars modules
By GREGORY ZELLER // With this month’s discovery of liquid-water lakes resting beneath the ruddy surface of Mars, humankind took another giant leap toward the potential colonization of the Red…
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Hempstead IDA’s busy (and slightly familiar) summer
By GREGORY ZELLER // We may be entering the dog days of summer, but the Town of Hempstead Industrial Development Agency is hardly lying down on the job. The local…
Collaboration cooks up unique ‘Food as Health’ effort
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the You Are What You Eat file comes a New York State first: a hospital-based initiative designed to comprehensively address hunger-related issues. The New Hyde…
Stony Brook docs earn school’s first PanCAN grant
By GREGORY ZELLER // A private grant from a national support network will help Stony Brook University researchers explore a new therapeutic target in the war against pancreatic cancer. The…
For Applied DNA, ETCH Biotrace may be a pot of gold
By GREGORY ZELLER // Just six months after announcing a partnership to develop a new molecular-tracking system, a Long Island biotech and a Canadian medical-marijuana supplier are launching the world’s…
SBU researcher eyes crowdfunding success factors
By GREGORY ZELLER // The ultimate success of a crowdfunding campaign depends largely – but not exclusively – on the product or service at hand. That’s the main thrust of…
LI schools snag $12.6M in state facilities funds
By GREGORY ZELLER // Seven-figure stipends are flowing to private colleges and universities across Long Island as part of a hefty package of state grants supporting statewide campus-infrastructure projects. All…
Survey: FSC grads going against ‘brain drain’ flow
By GREGORY ZELLER // If Farmingdale State College isn’t plugging Long Island’s infamous “brain drain,” it is at the very least reversing the flow a bit. The college’s most-recent annual…
Nerve-stim startup Sanguistat shuffles its deck
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Connecticut-based biotech spun out of the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research has assembled a powerful collection of advisors and directors, including corporate heavyweights and recognized…
Feinstein prof snags $3.5M for bladder-cancer effort
By GREGORY ZELLER // The National Institutes of Health is backing a Long Island-based researcher’s efforts to develop a first-of-its-kind care program for post-surgical bladder cancer patients. Michael Diefenbach, a…
LI duo takes top spot in Spellman clean-tech contest
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Long Island team has taken top honors in a global clean-tech competition for forward-thinking high schoolers. Featuring teams from across the United States and as…
With clever new focus, hope floats at Energystics
By GREGORY ZELLER // In the movies, the hero routinely saves the world in a single bound – but in real life, getting there often requires many smaller steps. Such…
In Applied DNA’s new UL partnership, it’s safety first
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new deal with a worldwide safe-sciences leader will expand a Long Island innovator’s already-impressive global reach. Illinois-based UL, known primarily as Underwriters Laboratories for most…
For ‘vehicle-to-grid’ startup, all roads lead to CEBIP
By GREGORY ZELLER // Technological tinkering comes easily to Ryan McIntosh, a do-it-yourself type with a mind for business and a clear affinity for mechanical constructs. Less clear to the…
North Carolina firm snags Shoreham solar farm
By GREGORY ZELLER // A 25-megawatt Suffolk County solar farm has a new out-of-state owner. Duke Energy Renewables, a subsidiary of North Carolina-based electric power holding company Duke Energy, has…