At SBU, Rocking the Space Vibe
By GREGORY ZELLER // The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is funding a five-year mission that has Stony Brook University geologists exploring strange, new worlds – and gearing up for…
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Northwell’s new-look ER dazzles in Bay Shore
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s 30,000 square feet bigger and renovations have cost about $60 million to date, but the Bohlsen Family Emergency Department at Southside Hospital isn’t done growing…
Suffolk IDA likes Royal Apparel’s look
By GREGORY ZELLER // When Morey Mayeri told Innovate LI he was “ready to do it immediately,” he wasn’t kidding. Speaking Aug. 17 about a possible intra-Hauppauge relocation for premium…
Chembio lands $13.2M Zika contract
Medford-based Chembio Diagnostics has won a $13.2 million federal contract to further develop its rapid test for the Zika virus, the company announced Thursday. Almost $6 million of the money –…
Commercialization grant backs brain-scan study
The National Science Foundation is backing a Long Island academic-private partnership looking to turn functional magnetic-resonance imaging technologies into new weapons against brain disease. Farmingdale-based ALA Scientific Instruments and Dr….
Island’s jobless rate dipped to 4.2% in July
Long Island’s unemployment rate was 4.2 percent in July, down 0.6 percentage points from a year ago, the state Labor Department reported Tuesday. Nassau County’s rate decreased by 0.6 percentage…
Southside Hospital adds emergency helipad
A new helipad at Bay Shore’s Southside Hospital is adding some lift to Northwell Health’s regional emergency services. Already counted among the American Hospital Association’s “Most Wired” IT-savvy hospitals, Southside…
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…
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…