So, Brian Fried had this idea…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Perhaps Brian Fried should launch the re-inventors club. Boasting many notches on his toolbelt – several inventions, a few commercial scores and a pair of how-to…
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NYIT: ‘Lethal interactions’ could stop tough cancers
New York Institute of Technology researchers may have found a way to stop cancerous tumors from spreading through the central nervous system. And for some patients suffering from the worst…
New orbit: Investment group snaps up Globecomm
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of Long Island’s most productive high-tech manufacturers is under new management. Hauppauge’s Globecomm Systems announced Wednesday that an investor group led by New York City-based…
Heads scratched as Chem-Master gets the boot
By GREGORY ZELLER // A biotech manufacturer with a 23-year history of servicing Stony Brook University researchers and startups is being evicted from the university’s Chemistry Building – and nobody…
St. Francis tops in hospitals, US News says
Roslyn’s St. Francis Hospital is the fifth-best hospital in New York State, according to the latest ranking by U.S. News & World Report, followed by NYU Winthrop Hospital at No….
For Applied DNA, real growth in fertilizer
By GREGORY ZELLER // Applied DNA Sciences, the Stony Brook biotech, has spent 2017 aggressively introducing its DNA-based supply chain, anti-counterfeiting and anti-theft technologies to new industries and markets –…
MSC Industrial eyes Midwest in metalworking merger
A Melville-based industrial equipment distributor has snapped up an Iowa-based industrial supplier. Terms of the deal were not officially disclosed, but multiple published reports have MSC Industrial Supply Co. acquiring…
NYU Langone Health doubles down in Huntington
By GREGORY ZELLER // Already knee-deep in word-class medical science, Long Island healthcare has been bolstered by the arrival of a nationally renowned cancer center. Brandishing the bold slogan “We…
Telephonics Corp. soars with $23M Chinook deal
A Farmingdale-based manufacturer has landed a $23.3 million deal centered on the U.S. Army’s ionic Chinook helicopters. Communications ace Telephonics Corp. announced this week a three-year contract with the Defense…
Concussion-focused Scythian sets market debut
By GREGORY ZELLER // Scythian Biosciences Corp. is going public. The New York City/Toronto-based biotech, led by Great Neck investment banker Jonathan Gilbert on its quest to develop the world’s…
Digital dentistry program takes root at SBU
By GREGORY ZELLER // Break out the intraoral scanners: Stony Brook University is sinking its teeth into a groundbreaking digital dentistry curriculum. The university’s School of Dental Medicine is one…
Hofstra, SCCC land state grants to help small biz
Hofstra University and Suffolk County Community College will split a $162,000 grant from Empire State Development to help aspiring small business owners. The funds will pay for counselors to help…
Albany pumps $10M into a new downtown Hicksville
By GREGORY ZELLER // Hicksville has won the regional round of New York State’s second-annual $100 million downtown-redevelopment contest. The Nassau County hamlet in the Town of Oyster Bay will…
State green-lights LI med-marijuana dispensaries
New medical marijuana dispensaries are coming to Long Island. The New York State Department of Health on Tuesday announced that it has authorized five “registered organizations” – permitted by state…
Light the lights: Broadway National eyes new stage
By GREGORY ZELLER // Broadway National is changing venues. The three-decade-old property-management firm with the big-name clientele is taking its big-stage flair from Ronkonkoma to Hauppauge, thanks to a new…