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Henry Schein launches prosthetics partnership

A partnership between a Melville-based medical supplies giant Henry Schein and a foundation focused on an emerging American Dental Association specialty will help usher computer-aided design into dental schools. Schein…


LI Tech Day readies Nov. 10 bow

Billed as the region’s “biggest tech expo,” Long Island Tech Day is an opportunity for startups and established Island tech firms to showcase their tools and talents. Slated to run…


No questions, please, at First Niagara

First Niagara Financial Group announced earnings of 15 cents a share on Friday, in line with expectations. But the big question was about the Buffalo-based bank’s future, specifically a rumored sale to…



Making the global innovation connection

By GREGORY ZELLER /// It’s a big world out there, and a true innovation economy must capitalize on it. Selling widgets around town can get a startup off the ground,…


Meet the Luminati Aerospace R&D team

Luminati Aerospace shed light on its top management this week, trotting out the startup’s top design and science officers before the Riverhead town board and local residents. The firm, which…



IOY 2015: Celebrating invention and innovation

More than 250 winners and well-wishers turned out for our inaugural Innovator of the Year Awards, which celebrated Long Island’s best and brightest ideas and mentorship in software, biotech, clean energy,…



Teq lands Labdisc distribution deal

Teq, the Huntington-based ed-tech juggernaut, has been named exclusive K-12 distributor in New York and New Jersey of Labdisc, a hand-sized “data logger” produced by Georgia’s Boxlight Corp. Packed with…


The Debrief: James Hayward, Applied DNA Sciences

A new collaboration with a California-based training organization, which puts Applied DNA’s proprietary genetic marking technology in front of thousands of U.S. police departments and private security firms, continues a…




SBU team lands $1M for clean engine ignition

A Stony Brook University-led research team has received a $1 million Department of Energy grant to advance research on what’s called Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition, an emerging combustion technology that uses…