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Nomorobo: De-bugged, and loving it

By GREGORY ZELLER // At times, the fates have appeared aligned against Aaron Foss and his robocall annihilator Nomorobo. While the developer’s creation has killed it on landlines – literally,…






On ray beams, death stars and petaflops

By GREGORY ZELLER // A national research team led by Stony Brook University scientists is about to get a close-up look at neutron-star explosions, thermonuclear supernovae and other spectacularly volatile…






‘NBTY Inc.’ is gone forever, though not really

Possibly sensing it had the cart before the horse, Ronkonkoma-based NBTY Inc. has announced an immediate corporate name change. The 45-year-old manufacturer and distributor of vitamins, nutritional supplements and beauty…



At Chembio, looking beyond the numbers

By GREGORY ZELLER // While it made “important advances … intended to prepare the company for growth,” according to its CEO, Chembio Diagnostic Systems has suffered another subpar fiscal quarter….