Info overload? Get aggregated, not aggravated
By GREGORY ZELLER // In a world where “fake news” proliferates and those daily intelligence briefings really do drag on, there comes an artificially intelligent response. Entrepreneur Blake Cornell, a…
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Northwell adds corneal crosslinking, Ned approves
By GREGORY ZELLER // The FDA has seen the light. So has Northwell Health. Now Ned Daily can, too. Daily, a Long Island-based photographer/videographer, was slowly losing his vision to…
SmartGAME: Empowerment meets smart power
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Heartbreak to Heroism file come Joan Bucchino and Amazing Grace, the angelic inspiration behind two distinct empowerment efforts. Bucchino, who lost her 13-year-old daughter…
Still cutting its teeth, Traverse set for stellar 2017
By GREGORY ZELLER // First, healthy teeth for dogs … then a cancer cure for the world? Financially and otherwise, Traverse Biosciences enjoyed a strong 2016 – but it may…
Israel to lead LIU global institute, and write on
If you had “[Insert Distinguished Vocation Here]-in-Residence at a Long Island college” on your Steve Israel After-Congress Bingo card, fill it in. Long Island University announced Tuesday that the longtime…
In energy harvesting, the wheels never stop turning
By GREGORY ZELLER // Ramuel Maramara is pedaling an all-new energy-harvesting device, and as usual, he’s not thinking small. His “artificial jellyfish” technology, still gearing up for a major dress rehearsal…
Health system acquires busy Suffolk Surgery Center
New York State’s largest healthcare provider keeps getting larger, adding a busy surgical center to its satellite roster. Northwell Health has acquired a majority stake in the Suffolk Surgery Center,…
Dates set for Dowling College auction
Dowling’s Oakdale campus goes under the gavel in March as a bankruptcy court moves to liquidate the real estate holdings of the failed school, which crumbled under $54 million in…
Jobs tick up in November
Long Island’s unemployment rate dipped to 4.0 percent in November, down 0.1 of a percentage point from a year earlier and matching the lowest November rate since 2007, the state…
Suffolk IDA approves RPA spending
Suffolk County’s Industrial Development Agency has re-upped its consulting agreement with the NYC-based Regional Plan Association, experts at redeveloping downtowns and creating next-gen housing and transportation hubs. The IDA approved…
Northwell/CSHL cancer center draws an ace
An internationally renowned cancer expert will help lead Northwell Health and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory’s joint cancer-research initiative. Oncologist Robert Maki, known primarily as a leading sarcoma physician and researcher,…
Tackling concussions with cannabis
By GREGORY ZELLER // A research effort stretching from Florida to Long Island to Canada’s Alberta province will determine if compounds derived from marijuana can be effective treatments for concussions. Calgary-based R&D…
Center for Biotechnology answers feds’ ‘Challenge’
A $500,000 U.S. Department of Commerce “challenge award” for the Center for Biotechnology at Stony Brook University is part of a $15 million round of federal economic-growth stipends – including…
Battling European auto thefts, and the bottom line
By GREGORY ZELLER // Holiday gift guide update: The once-mighty “Grand Theft Auto” videogame series no longer cracks most-wanted lists on the top gaming consoles. Newsflash: The real thing has…
Spotlighting ‘dark data,’ and other IT inefficiencies
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Stony Brook tech firm with a hard-science history is tracking data’s “unknown unknowns,” helping enterprise administrators control complex and rapidly changing IT environments. ModelizeIT, a…