Stock deal, textile team-up top biotech’s big week
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s been a busy and happy week for Applied DNA Sciences. Just days after trumpeting a new and potentially lucrative research partnership with Texas-based Aloe vera-products…
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With new patent, Syosset school stacks the holodeck
By GREGORY ZELLER // Real-world holograms are closer than you maybe thought – and a new, potentially lucrative U.S. patent might keep a Long Island college ahead of the holographic-entertainment…
As ransomware attacks multiply, SUNY steps up
By GREGORY ZELLER // With fresh ransomware attacks spreading chaos around the globe, Stony Brook University is stepping up its cybersecurity game. Leveraging $4.5 million in grants issued this week…
Admitting no guilt, Henry Schein settles antitrust suit
Henry Schein Inc. has bought its way out of a two-year-old antitrust lawsuit. The Melville-based global healthcare products and services distributor announced this week that it’s settled litigation brought by…
Hofstra ‘star’ shines in national women’s biz contest
Showcasing a “Flare” for the dramatic, a Hofstra University marketing major has captured first place in a prestigious national entrepreneurship program. Pitching an app that connects underrepresented consumers with local…
Applied DNA’s soothing solution to Aloe ‘deception’
By GREGORY ZELLER // In a further display of its unique – some would suggest universal – applicability, Applied DNA Sciences may soon find its way into your favorite facial…
All part of the plan: Savvy Hires goes to Washington
By GREGORY ZELLER // A big win in the regional round of the 2017 InnovateHER business plan competition has punched Savvy Hires’ virtual ticket to Washington – though mentally, founder…
Island networker gets out in front of Social Media Day
Long Island’s own Social Media Association is getting a jump on Social Media Day. While June 30 marks the actual anniversary of Social Media Day, founded in 2010 by the…
Top Glassdoor honors for Northwell CEO Dowling
By GREGORY ZELLER // Northwell Health President and CEO Michael Dowling is Long Island’s best chief executive and one of the planet’s top healthcare execs. So says Glassdoor, the circa-2007…
Dealertrack celebrates new $100 million HQ
Software maker Dealertrack has unofficially opened its new $100 million corporate headquarters. The developer of software solutions for the automotive retail market won’t actually move in employees until early July,…
Plugging yesterday’s cinema in the land of tomorrow
By GREGORY ZELLER // Generations collide, in more ways than one, at Huntington’s Cinema Arts Centre, a retro movie theater using a decidedly 21st century method to promote its yesteryear…
With help, Adelphi researchers target common STD
Two Adelphi University professors exploring a common sexually transmitted disease have earned a healthy federal grant. The National Institutes of Health has awarded associate professors Brian Stockman and Melissa VanAlstine-Parris,…
Familiar names abound in Center for Biotech awards
By GREGORY ZELLER // Several breakout research projects – and a few familiar faces from the cutting edge – scored funding this week through Stony Brook University’s annual biotechnology awards…
Plant 6 reopened, Luminati says it’s ready for takeoff
Long Island is taxiing back toward the forefront of aerospace manufacturing. One year after a ballyhooed test flight of its solar-powered VO Substrata solar-powered aircraft, Luminati Aerospace LLC held a…
New link improves health-data exchange for millions
By GREGORY ZELLER // In a move designed to fill the gaps between public and private healthcare data networks, Northwell Health has plugged into New York’s (and the nation’s) largest…