Three LI sites earn state brownfield designations
Three blighted Long Island areas are among a dozen new statewide Brownfield Opportunity Areas announced this week by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. As BOAs, the 12 sites – including properties in…
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Island innovation shines in 35th Inc. 5000
By GREGORY ZELLER // With just under 1 percent of the Inc. 5000’s fastest-growing companies, Long Island is still solidifying its new-economy reputation – but for innovation’s sake, those 40…
Feinstein researchers nab major NIH awards
Two cutting-edge Feinstein Institute for Medical Research projects have been selected for an elite National Institutes of Health funding program. Kevin Tracey, the institute’s president and CEO, and Ping Wang,…
Super-scrubs: Northwell fights the forces of infection
They don’t come with capes or cowls, they’re not powered by an indestructible “arc reactor” and they can’t shrink surgeons to ant-size, but new super-suits are making heroic impressions on…
Traverse sinks teeth into human periodontal study
By GREGORY ZELLER // It seems everyone wants a piece of TRB-N0224. Already being tested as a potential treatment for lung injuries and for periodontal disease in dogs and cats,…
Island villages earn state clean-water funds
Two Suffolk County clean-wastewater efforts were among a flotilla of water infrastructure-improvement projects heralded this week by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. On Friday, the governor’s office announced that projects proposed by…
Summer, and the water’s fine for Brimes Energy
By GREGORY ZELLER // A second summer of domestic ocean testing is yielding promising results for Brimes Energy’s “artificial jellyfish” – with a major ocean test off the Philippines about…
China patent, new tech heat ThermoLift’s summer
By GREGORY ZELLER // Technological advances and a first-ever international patent have made for a hot summer at ThermoLift, which is closing in rapidly on critical field tests for its…
Waiting on ginning season, Applied DNA dips
Stony Brook-based Applied DNA Sciences reported another down quarter Thursday, with company officials blaming declines on shifting demands for the biotech’s proprietary security solutions. Reporting results for the third quarter…
As a brain beverage, Alpha Wolf stands alone
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Future Physician, Heal Thyself file comes the promising tale of Alpha Wolf LLC and its brawn-meets-brains founder, who was really tired of being tired….
Sales drop, tax bite sting Chembio Diagnostics
Medford biotech Chembio Diagnostic Systems Inc. took it on the chin in the second quarter, with steep losses attributed to declining sales for its infectious-disease detectors and a one-time, multimillion-dollar…
Stony Brook Medicine, Mount Sinai Health team up
Academic synergies and accelerated discoveries are the promise of a new research collaboration pairing Stony Brook Medicine and the Mount Sinai Health System. Stony Brook University and New York City-based…
Strong 2Q for ageless BioSpecifics Technologies
Significant progress in its clinical-development programs – and a chunky opt-in payment from a major international partner – won’t affect BioSpecifics Technologies Corp.’s financial fortunes until the third quarter, but…
A food movement grows in Amagansett
By GREGORY ZELLER // There’s fresh thinking and then there’s the Amagansett Food Institute, which operates well ahead of the food-innovation curve on its mission to promote regional producers. Just…
Following acquisition, global gains for Cemtrex
Thanks in part to a key international acquisition, Cemtrex Inc. surged through the third quarter of its 2016 fiscal year – the second straight three-month stretch featuring huge sales and…