As AI evolves, the battle for control begins in court
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // In a haunting scene from 1968’s iconic “2001: A Space Odyssey,” sentient computer HAL 9000 turns off two astronauts’ life-support systems so it can assume…
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New York Tech’s ASD study smells like a winner
By GREGORY ZELLER // Autism spectrum disorder affects different people in different ways – and for those with an “insistence on sameness,” the disorder’s effects on the sense of smell…
No. 750: Farewell to 2022 – a proper sendoff, with visits from ‘Emma,” the Costanzas and jolly old St. Nicholas
End run: ’Twas the day before the night before Christmas, intrepid innovators – not just the kickoff of the big holiday weekend, not merely the last day of this…
No. 749: Winter storms in with important downtown developments, a real puzzler and history’s busiest actor
Cold start: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and not just any Wednesday but the very first day of winter, which officially begins in our beautiful Northern Hemisphere at 4:48…
At CSHL, the brains (and the funding) of the operation
By GREGORY ZELLER // A cornerstone of Long Island’s world-class scientific foundation has broken ground on an evolutionary leap in neuroscience research. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory stuck ceremonial shovels in…
Five-year NYSTAR boost backs Accelerate Long Island
By GREGORY ZELLER // A reborn regional commercialization collaboration has received a $1.25 million boost from New York State. Accelerate Long Island is one of five Innovation Hot Spots recognized…
No. 745: Jupiter probes, LI’s smartest women, historic meltdowns – and my baby just wrote me a letter
Break in the action: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we plow straight into the heart of December – now just 17 shopping days until Christmas, and counting –…
Albany, DOE bet on the future in BNL’s Discovery Park
By GREGORY ZELLER // New discovery abounds at Brookhaven National Laboratory, figuratively and literally. The Upton-based U.S. Department of Energy lab has officially broken ground on Phase One of its…
Bioscience ‘roller coaster’ racing toward new heights
By TOM MARINER // Broad Hollow Bioscience Park has already contributed mightily to Long Island’s “bio” ecosystem – and an old friend of regional commercialization is poised to take it…
Familiar face takes the reins at FSC’s Bioscience Park
By GREGORY ZELLER // Broad Hollow Bioscience Park’s new head honcho is an old friend of regional commercialization. Dan Polner, most recently the incubator advocate for Stony Brook University’s Office…
No. 719: On Breathalyzers, hydrogen hubs and trail mix, at the virtual end of a never-ending summer
Time’s up: Welcome, friends, to the end – the fifth Wednesday of August and final day of summer’s penultimate month. Yes, it’s Aug. 31 out there, a virtual last…
At CSHL, excellence has always started at the top
By TOM MARINER // Through 132 years, eight Nobel Prizes and a body of research that’s literally unmatched around the world, one thing has never changed at Cold Spring Harbor…
As longtime prez exits, Rauch Foundation looks north
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of Long Island’s most influential foundations is undergoing a leadership change, a generational shift and a geographic reallocation, all at once. The Garden City-based Rauch…
Patient ‘organoids’ may predict chemotherapy effects
By GREGORY ZELLER // Unique cancer treatments, customized to specific patients, may be on the way. Among the things making cancer so vexing are the many physiological variables in play,…
With $10M start, SBU to lead LI biomedical network
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island biomedicine is about to be remade, with Stony Brook University leading the way. The flagship State University of New York institution has been selected…