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SBU hitting its STRIDE, with NSF’s help

With Big Data piling up at an almost incalculable rate, a seven-figure National Science Foundation grant will help prepare Stony Brook University’s next generation of scientists for complex decision-making scenarios….



Codagenix commences Zika vaccine testing

By GREGORY ZELLER // Farmingdale biotech Codagenix Inc. has commenced the first tests of its potential Zika virus vaccines in a living host. In a noteworthy display of speed sure to…


Drink it up: LI nitrate-buster earns NSF grant

By GREGORY ZELLER // The National Science Foundation is backing a Long Island innovator’s efforts to remove nitrates from wastewater – potentially, an enormous win for regional aquifers and surface…


CPI lands contract for Growler pods

Edgewood-based CPI Aerostructures has been awarded a $2.7 million contract to work on door and duct assemblies on the pods that house electronics on the U.S. Navy’s EA-18G Growler aircraft,…



NIH pumps $3M into Feinstein autism study

The National Institutes of Health will fund a two-year Feinstein Institute for Medical Research study exploring risk factors behind autism spectrum disorders in newborns. A $3 million NIH grant has…


Downtown development: Jobs are Job No. 1

By ROSALIE DRAGO // The Governor’s Conference on Sustainable Development & Collaborative Governance, held Wednesday in Melville, facilitated an important dialogue around the hot topic of downtown redevelopment. Long Island…




On time (and on budget, FYI) with Mobileware

By GREGORY ZELLER // An innovative Long Island software company is about to relaunch its flagship personal-budgeting app – one of the first downloads ever made available for the original…



PreciseLED: Bright lights, big thinking

By GREGORY ZELLER // Changes in the science of lighting gave Daniel Machlis’ inner entrepreneur a bright idea. Working for a Brooklyn-based family business that distributed products – including lighting…


Sahn Ward launches sustainability group

Three partners will form the backbone of a new Environment, Energy and Resources Practice Group at Uniondale law firm Sahn Ward Coschignano. Supported by two existing practice groups – Litigation…


Regional jobless rate continues slow slide

Long Island’s unemployment rate was 4.1 percent in August, down 0.4 percentage points from a year ago, the Labor Department announced Tuesday. Nassau County’s rate decreased by 0.3 percentage points…