Fighting forced labor, Applied DNA forms cotton club
By GREGORY ZELLER // So, where does your cotton come from? Applied DNA Sciences would like you to know. Adding to its portfolio of crimefighting products and services, the Stony…
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Merry CSA Day, from the Amagansett Food Institute
By GREGORY ZELLER // At least, after today, they’ll stop playing all that Community Supported Agriculture music on the radio. In case it somehow escaped your attention, today is CSA…
In Merrick, the new president focuses on water safety
A Merrick-based water company servicing more than a quarter-million Nassau County customers has a new boss. New York American Water, a subsidiary of New Jersey-based American Water Works Co., has…
In Little Neck, a big deal for diagnostic testing
A state-of-the-art molecular-diagnostics laboratory is coming to the Queens-Nassau border. The Northwell Health system on Thursday announced groundbreaking on a $47.7 million “shared lab” in Little Neck, a “centralized facility” designed…
Artzt, other famous faces headline LICA card
By GREGORY ZELLER // The Long Island Capital Alliance is uniting the past, present and future of the Island tech scene. The alliance has announced the lineup for its March…
Adelphi talks up impressive 2017 TEDx roster
By GREGORY ZELLER // Adelphi University has announced a deep roster of regional innovators for its second TEDx event. Scheduled for March 31, the second-annual TEDxAdelphiUniversity – an independently organized…
Scythian, U of M concussion study hits the jack-pot
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Calgary-based R&D firm with strong Long Island ties has swung an eight-figure financing deal, lighting up a major study pitting cannabinoids against concussions. Scythian Biosciences…
Acquisitions score, keep on coming at Henry Schein
By GREGORY ZELLER // New revenues from a string of international acquisitions have helped Henry Schein Inc. do it again. Reporting Tuesday on the fourth quarter of its fiscal 2016,…
GE brings good things to bioelectronics research
By GREGORY ZELLER // General Electric is giving the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research a bioelectronic jolt. The Feinstein Institute, R&D mecca of the Northwell Health system, announced a new…
For this engineer, a triple Skoop (with patience on top)
By GREGORY ZELLER // Ten years in operation, offices on two continents, employees and partners on four, a step ahead of the planet’s most lucrative digital-marketing technologies – and for…
Testing, testing everywhere, to keep it safe to drink
By GREGORY ZELLER // Albany is diving deeper into Long Island’s groundwater plumes. Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Friday directed the state Department of Environmental Conservation to expedite containment of groundwater…
Feinsteins donate $25M (again) to Northwell research
By GREGORY ZELLER // The Feinsteins have gone Bed, Bath & Beyond the call of duty, once again. Susan Feinstein and her husband, Leonard, co-founder and co-chairman of the New…
Smithtown holding company bets big on Florida firms
A diversified Smithtown development and holding company – built specifically to acquire and develop early-stage technologies – has completed one long-awaited corporate acquisition and is moving swiftly toward its next….
With lasers, almost time to cut the data center cord
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Credit Where Credit Is Due file – and the Stony Brook University Department of Computer Science – comes a potentially groundbreaking innovation laser-focused on…
Comedian Cuomo doubles down on doubling up
By GREGORY ZELLER // In case New York’s 62 county executives thought Gov. Andrew Cuomo was joking – he wasn’t. The governor visited Suffolk County’s H. Lee Dennison administration building…