Re-Nuble targets USDA over ‘organic’ certifications
By GREGORY ZELLER // A “waste-to-value” biotech with Long Island roots is taking its food-for-all message to the people – and is taking on the U.S. Department of Agriculture over…
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Eight Island schools ranked among top U.S. colleges
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island has plenty of big brains to drain. That’s according to U.S. News & World Report, which has issued its 2018 Best Colleges survey, a…
Applied DNA enlists with Army’s bio-warfare defenders
By GREGORY ZELLER // Applied DNA Sciences is in the Army now. Already under U.S. Department of Defense contract on a number of different projects, the Stony Brook-based biotech has…
Debrief: Developing, economically, with Regina Zara
Nice numbers from “Report on Effectiveness of Suffolk County IDA,” a 40-page Industrial Development Agency report card prepared by Suffolk’s Department of Economic Development and Planning: Between 2012 and 2016,…
Patriot Day package: $40M for NY counterterrorism
Statewide counterterrorism programs, including several based on Long Island, are being bolstered by nearly $40 million in federal funds. Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday announced a series of federal funds…
Opioid epidemic spurs new LI substance-abuse center
In a move aimed at combating what it called “the opioid epidemic sweeping the country,” the Northwell Health system has opened the doors of a new Long Island substance-abuse treatment…
Study: Bust the burgers, go nuts for reflux
By GREGORY ZELLER // This just in from the Insult to Injury Department: Victims of acid reflux can defeat the dreaded disorder without choking down a lifetime of pharmaceuticals –…
Small steps, all good, for girls in the hood
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Big Picture file comes Laura Alison Design, the functionally fashionable Huntington startup boasting the trendy “Infinity Collection” and an infinite amount of patience. Well,…
Albany makes shell of an investment in Island waters
By GREGORY ZELLER // New York State is throwing $10.4 million into Long Island coastal waters in an effort to improve water quality and bolster seaside economies by restoring native…
A profitable pivot (sorta) for Digital Donations
By GREGORY ZELLER // They’re thinking big at Digital Donations Inc., as in Big Data. The Melville tech manufacturer has made its bones providing “alternative fundraising solutions” for nonprofit organizations,…
Acquisition a perfect ‘Fitz’ for Lifetime Brands
By GREGORY ZELLER // A major league home-goods distributor based on Long Island has added a Pennsylvania ceramics expert to its collection. Lifetime Brands Inc., a leading global provider of…
Feds fund NYIT ‘skeletal repair’ research
A New York Institute of Technology professor has landed a sizeable federal grant to study the bone-healing possibilities of gene-generated “skeletal repair.” The National Institutes of Health has awarded $442,000…
Debrief: Happy landings with Daniel Preston
With the fate of Riverhead Town’s Enterprise Park at Calverton still very much in the air, Daniel Preston would like to throttle things back a bit. Half-truths and wild speculation…
Tomorrow’s health tech to shine at LICA Capital Forum
By GREGORY ZELLER // Another intriguing combination of presenters and panelists marks the next Capital Forum on the Long Island Capital Alliance’s schedule, this one focused on the lifeblood of…
A century later, new life for old FSC power plant
More than a century since it was built and years since it’s been anything more than a memory, a vintage Farmingdale State College structure is about to be reborn. College…