By GREGORY ZELLER // One year after perfecting the Pandemic Pivot, an innovative Plainview laboratory is doubling down on its unparalleled COVID-19 testing abilities – even as the vaccines flow….
By MITCH MAIMAN // Long Island’s economy is recovering slowly from the COVID downturn and overall unemployment remains relatively high – but the situation is quite different in the technology…
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // The COVID pandemic has changed us and how we live, forever. And as we consider the post-COVID world, Long Island land-use policies and zoning laws…
By DAVID CHAUVIN // March marks the one-year anniversary of widespread shutdowns because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Over the coming weeks, we’ll read many articles and essays grappling with the…
By GREGORY ZELLER // There’s lots of innovation happening on Long Island right now: new solar-power roadmaps, prominent corporate mergers, generous research grants at major scientific institutions, big-time biomedical breakthroughs…
By GREGORY ZELLER // Abraham Lincoln’s iconic top hat, Dorothy’s ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz” and Sandra Lindsay’s Northwell Health employee ID badge. These are just three of…
By JEFFREY REYNOLDS // The handwritten sticky note said “2:19 p.m.,” but could have passed for “2:14,” so by 2:13 I began calculating how many seconds it would take to…
By BOB ISAKSEN // In the past year, Long Island and the rest of the world have endured remarkable changes – our businesses, schools and social lives have adapted to…
By GREGORY ZELLER // A team of tough-minded architects is challenging school nurses to take it outside. No, it’s not a scientific rumble – it’s an innovation of coronaviral proportions,…
By TERRY LYNAM // At no time in his decade-long tenure has New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo received as much criticism as he and the state Department of Health are…
By GREGORY ZELLER // An inventive thinker with a long track record of commercial success and creative coaching is expanding his mind once again (and maybe yours). Welcome to the…
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s innovation squared at Smithtown West High School, where a brilliant idea designed to address an important social issue has a team of big thinkers in…
By KATE FULLAM // Ice … great for skating and sipping, but a bit problematic for getting around. Unfortunately, far too many friends have suffered broken wrists and fractured ankles…
By GREGORY ZELLER // The National Institutes of Health is backing an early-stage Kings Park biotech’s quest for non-antibiotic-based COVID-19 treatments. CMTx Biotech has non-antimicrobials in its sights and a…
By GREGORY ZELLER // You have to say this about NYSERDA: They think big. The New York State Energy Research & Development Authority has unveiled a three-year “Strategic Outlook” combining…