Facebook’s bold lies glare amid historic blackout
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // On Oct. 4, we were transported back to 2004 – a time before Facebook. Facebook’s entire platform was offline: No Facebook. No Instagram. No WhatsApp….
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With new e-store, tourism ace focuses on the future
By GREGORY ZELLER // With dual purpose, Long Island’s official destination-marketing organization has launched a new online store – at once an effort to promote the region as whole and…
Northwell’s new COVID-19 tests are pure LabGold
By GREGORY ZELLER // With a long-term focus on new screening programs for schools and underserved communities, Northwell Health is expanding use of self-administered COVID tests. Northwell Health Labs, the…
For the FCA, a generous gift and high-tech home base
By GREGORY ZELLER // The Family and Children’s Association has a new home. The regional health-and-human services leader has officially opened its new Garden City headquarters, christening the 28,000-square foot…
Burning questions about climate change, public health
By TERRY LYNAM // The dollar amounts are still in question, but it looks like the Biden administration and Congress will set aside significant funding this year to combat climate…
At Feinstein, another national first for COVID boosters
By GREGORY ZELLER // Marking a national first, Northwell Health on Monday delivered the first set of COVID-19 vaccination booster shots to organ-transplant patients. The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research,…
Innovation: That’s how the cookie crumbles, or you do
By NANCY PAK // Innovation is at the heart and soul of food – the world has been innovating with food since the discovery of fire. The Royal Society lists…
At Spellman’s electricity lab, everything’s under control
By GREGORY ZELLER // A regional manufacturer of custom high-voltage power systems and one of Long Island’s top research institutions have teamed up to advance the next generation of power…
In space, no one can hear your (critical) supply chain
By RAY DONNELLY // Space might be the “final frontier” to Capt. Kirk, the crew of the Starship Enterprise and generations of “Star Trek” fans, but to Betatronix and other…
Ceremonies end, but work continues for 9/11 heroes
By GREGORY ZELLER // The heart-rending memorial ceremonies are over, the “never forget” reminders have ceased, the calendar moves on – and once again, the brutal and shattering terrorist attacks…
Albany pumps $40M into biotech commercialization
By GREGORY ZELLER // Good news for Long Island’s impressive biotech-research corridor: New York State has opened a new Biodefense Commercialization Fund designed to speed promising life-science research to market….
Dual verticals help additive-manufacturing ace add on
By GREGORY ZELLER // Two distinct additive-manufacturing solutions are keeping a 3D-printing pioneer in growth mode, despite the pandemic’s lingering drag. Chem3 LLC (dba ChemCubed) produces “jettable nanocomposites” that can be…
Risk, opportunity in COVID/climate change combo
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // The climate-change crisis is accelerating. COVID is surging, particularly the Delta variant. Both present immediate challenges – and, quite interestingly, recent research shows there are…
In a tough spot, a tough governor makes a tough call
By GREGORY ZELLER // If you thought the new school year – after a cluster$#%& of canceled SATs, “distance learning” and other COVID accommodations – would be like the good…
Balancing act: Post-COVID businesses better mix it up
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // On the afternoon of March 12, 2020, ZE Creative Communications sent everyone in our Great Neck office home early. I haven’t seen many of my…