SynchroPET gets an A in U of Buffalo testing
Stony Brook-based SynchroPET has taken another step toward unprecedented, simultaneous PET/MRI imaging. By placing a PET camera into the bore of an existing MRI machine – that’s the chamber where…
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Pharm hand: Why Rechler Equity is big on biotech
By GREGORY ZELLER // Anyone still doubting the importance of the pharmaceutical and biotech industries to the Long Island economy should take a peek at Rechler Equity Partners’ portfolio. This…
Health insurers ask for big rate hikes
New York health insurers are asking for premium increases of as much as 45 percent for 2017 as they try to combat rising costs and, in some instances, offset mega…
Peace may be with you on LinkedIn
A hacker who calls himself “Peace” is offering to sell the email addresses and passwords of more than 115 million LinkedIn users, apparently from a 2012 hack. Peace wants about $2,200….
A new take on old-school conversation
By GREGORY ZELLER // The art of conversation isn’t dead yet, if science has anything to say about it. But face-to-face linguistic communication between two human beings, no screens involved,…
Taking the fight to cancer’s stem cells
By GREGORY ZELLER // Many have said them, tried their best and fallen short – but the words still have unique and powerful meaning, in medical parlance and beyond. A…
NYIT cybersecurity center gets fed cred
By GREGORY ZELLER // The New York Institute of Technology, which boasts campuses in New York City and Old Westbury and is developing a new Cyber Defense Research Facility in…
Vital Performance: Success by taking small sips
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of Hofstra University’s most entrepreneurial thinkers is diving into the sports-drink market, and if Gatorade isn’t worried, it’s OK – that’s actually part of Allon…
Craft Beer Week kicks off with, um, lots of beer
By JIM MCCUNE // Long Island Craft Beer Week gets a head start on the national celebration today, with special brews, charity events, brews, food, brews and music. The Colorado-based…
Green Bank inks four solar deals
NY Green Bank, the state’s $1 billion energy financing arm, has completed four new deals that will encourage job creation and private investment. Combined, the efforts are expected to facilitate…
Ms. Michelle cookies, now in a Big Box
By GREGORY ZELLER // Ms. Michelle’s is going to Walmart. Still baking inside Stony Brook University’s Calverton Business Incubator, gluten-free goodie gourmet Michelle Gillette Kelly and her husband/business partner Chris…
TheraSource snags $3M SBIR grant
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Feinstein Institute-born biotech will tackle radiation poisoning thanks to a grant from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. TheraSource, a Manhasset-based 2004 startup…
Six LI districts land Smart Schools funding
Six Long Island school districts are in line for almost $7 million in funding under the state’s new Smart Schools program, a $2 billion effort to close the so-called “digital…
Coming soon, a roommate you can LiveWith
By GREGORY ZELLER // Anyone who’s experienced Bad Roommate Syndrome knows how uncomfortable it can be. The unpaid bills, the 2 a.m. screenings of “Apocalypse Now” in Dolby surround sound,…
Connect the Dots launches $1M crowdfunding effort
By GREGORY ZELLER // There are lots of connections these days at We Connect the Dots, the Cold Spring Harbor nonprofit focused on educating the next generation of scientists, mathematicians…