Where data ends, the real business intelligence begins
By GREGORY ZELLER // In the Big Data era, simply having data isn’t enough – it’s what you do with it that counts. That’s the thinking behind SFL Scientific LLC,…
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Island job count ticks up in April
The number of private sector jobs on Long Island increased by 11,100 in the year ending in April, a 1 percent increase to a total employment base of 1,136,800. By…
Brain drain? Put a cork in it
By GREGORY ZELLER // Don’t whine when you can wine. That was one of the big ideas Wednesday, when a select group of educators, hospitality professionals and economic-development experts –…
Bell rings for Round 2 of $100M downtown initiative
New York State’s Downtown Revitalization Initiative is back for a $100 million second round. Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced the launch of Round 2 of the program, which will once…
Extending the long arm of life-sciences law
By GREGORY ZELLER // Sensing a “tipping point” for New York-based scientific research, a prominent Long Island law firm has upped its life sciences game. Melville-based Carter, DeLuca, Farrell &…
Major ASCE honor for Stony Brook engineering dean
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Stony Brook University researcher working to put tide-powered electricity turbines in New York City’s East River has earned a prestigious award from the American Society…
‘Young’ Feinstein scientist nabs national autism award
Efforts to determine the elusive causes of autism have earned national accolades for an up-and-coming Feinstein Institute scientist. Lior Brimberg, an assistant research professor in the Center for Autoimmune and…
PCI pioneer is big score for Hofstra Northwell
By GREGORY ZELLER // A major-league surgeon credited with pioneering the use of stents to promote blood flow in compromised heart valves is now wielding her scalpel – and next-level…
Applied DNA: Cotton, leather and finally making hay
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s not quite a return to the company’s financial halcyon days, but Applied DNA Sciences may have finally turned a corner. Yes, the Stony Brook-based supply-chain,…
With Albany’s help, all’s well in Ocean Beach
The Village of Ocean Beach will get a backup freshwater supply, thanks to a $3.7 million boost from Albany. The package – which includes a $1.9 million zero-interest loan and…
At Zucker Hillside, a new focus on behavioral crises
Reducing emergency room visits by patients suffering long-term psychiatric disorders is the main thrust of a new “crisis center” on the Nassau-Queens border. The Northwell Health system has cut the…
Belly up: NYIT monitor is a gastric breakthrough
By GREGORY ZELLER // Two years after winning a lucrative federal grant to study the human gastric system, New York Institute of Technology assistant professor Aydin Farajidavar has put that…
Slightly off, Planet Payment comes back to Earth
By GREGORY ZELLER // Planet Payment’s first quarter fell just short of analyst expectations – but the company is still on course for what would be a record-setting year. Reporting…
Down, but hardly out, at comeback-primed Chembio
By GREGORY ZELLER // Operating and net losses that more than tripled year-over-year tell only part of the story of Chembio Diagnostic Systems Inc.’s first quarter. That was the message…
Babylon IDA gets serious about affordable housing
The Babylon Industrial Development Agency has adopted a “landmark provision” designed to address one of the Long Island innovation economy’s great needs: affordable housing. The Babylon IDA on Tuesday passed…