No argument: In all sports, sensor fusion beats bad calls
By BRAD CARLSON // On the heels of another fabulous U.S. Open, I find myself thinking less about baseline dropshots and more about the invisible armada of hardware quietly stripping…
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Klurfeld is gone – but his local-news legacy lives on
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // When James Klurfeld died last week at 81, Long Island lost a giant of local journalism. I didn’t know Jim personally and I never had…
IP protections are critical to advancing healthcare
By DEBORAH MAYO // In September, researchers at Northwell Health’s Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research in Manhasset took a crucial step toward understanding the schizophrenia spectrum – a range of…
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October 23 Powering a Sustainable Future: 2026 Energy Update 8-10 a.m., 25 Hub Drive, Melville The HIA-LI presents a free-for-members energy symposium featuring opening remarks by State Sen. Mario…
At Hofstra Law, innovation becomes Exhibit A
By GREGORY ZELLER // A $1 million alumnus gift has spearheaded a new Institute for Legal Technology & Innovation at Hofstra University. The Hempstead-based university’s Maurice A. Deane School of…
Old friends Molloy U., Hempstead LDC team up again
By GREGORY ZELLER // Molloy University has received a helping hand from one of Long Island’s busiest nonprofit boosters – once again. The Town of Hempstead Local Development Corp. issued…
Island insiders praise present, future of commercial RE
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island’s commercial real estate insiders are feeling pretty good about things these days. That’s the big takeaway from the Commercial Industrial Brokers Society of Long…
Follow the money (straight to the marketing middleman)
By JACI CLEMENT // The money has moved. Again. About 20 years ago, Google changed the economics of information. In effect, it became the middleman between you and the source…
Dolly’s ‘Imagination’ continues its fundamental mission
By JEFFREY L. REYNOLDS // After Dolly Parton died last month, most of the news coverage focused on her music – not surprising, given more than 100 million albums sold,…
Grid resiliency gets tough, so the Digital Twin gets going
By GREGORY ZELLER // Greater power-grid resilience and efficiency – and the lab work and experimentation that will create them – are coming to Stony Brook University. The State University…
As midterms loom, healthcare affordability war rages
By TERRY LYNAM // While economic woes and the war in Iran may be voters’ biggest concerns heading into the midterm elections, healthcare is also emerging as a key issue…
Delete, destroy, repeat: Pupfish powers past 500K lbs
By MARILYNN ELIE // A Hauppauge-based tech startup determined to keep electronic waste out of landfills has crossed a major milestone. Pupfish Sustainability Solutions, founded in 2020 by partners David…
Finally, slowly, accountability comes for social media
By JACI CLEMENT // Two cases. One topic: Accountability. The landmark settlement with Meta – reached without Meta admitting wrongdoing – has the Internet on fire, and rightly so. Meta agreed to…
Soaring above (and diving below) manufacturing history
By TOM MARINER // Sixty-seven months after the day in 1903 when Orville Wright flew 120 feet in the first powered aircraft flight at Kitty Hawk, Glenn Curtiss flew 25…
Creative mom’s love crafts autistic/artistic ‘college’
By MARILYNN ELIE // A Long Island artist is creating new ways for autistic people to be seen, heard and understood. Maria Iliou combines art, media and education in Athena…