Cyberthreats are complex – IT security must be, too
By DAVE COURBANOU // When it comes to assessing your IT infrastructure for vulnerabilities, the best approach is a multipronged one. A holistic approach to protecting an IT infrastructure assesses…
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Will local issues outplay D.C. dysfunction? Stay tuned
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // The incredible (and, depending on your POV, incredibly concerning) proliferation of partisan politics has had wide-ranging cultural and political consequences – and the art of…
For Island preemies, a next-generation destination
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island’s most critically ill premature babies have a new state-of-the-art space to finish cooking. Northwell Health has cut the ribbon on a next-generation neonatal intensive…
In Riverhead Court, youth – and justice – are served
By GREGORY ZELLER // They’ve come to order in the Town of Riverhead, where the innovative Youth Court is back in session. Now in its 26th year, the Riverhead Youth…
SUNY Old Westbury, region mourn the Rev. Calvin Butts
By GREGORY ZELLER // Few Long Island social leaders have received as many accolades as Calvin O. Butts III, and few deserve to. The national human rights icon, pastor of…
There’s no climate justice without inclusive innovation
By SHRUTI SHARMA // Whether ghosts are real may be an ongoing debate, but climate change is real and scarier than any ghost story this Halloween. There is ample evidence,…
Innovators circle the wagons as medical debt spirals
By JEFFREY REYNOLDS// Student debt is getting all the attention these days, but about four times as many Americans – 100 million, to be exact – are fending off medical…
Albany, DOE bet on the future in BNL’s Discovery Park
By GREGORY ZELLER // New discovery abounds at Brookhaven National Laboratory, figuratively and literally. The Upton-based U.S. Department of Energy lab has officially broken ground on Phase One of its…
Feinstein’s $6.7M award maps road to vagus riches
By GREGORY ZELLER // The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research has begun an ambitious mapping mission that may chart the course to the human race’s healthiest future. A $6.7 million…
New York Tech, GE ride the bench on Esports injuries
By GREGORY ZELLER // As more and more competitors take a seat, Long Island scientists are establishing the first set of body-composition benchmarks aiming to protect Esports athletes from injury….
Think globally: Italian, French partners electrify LI grid
By GREGORY ZELLER // From our Innovate Italy bureau comes an international energy infrastructure-development agreement with electrifying potential for Long Island. Terna USA – recently spun off of the Rome-based…
As kids’ psychological struggles mount, forces unite
By TERRY LYNAM // The mental health of America’s kids was a concern long before COVID-19 upended society, so no one should be surprised by a new government study showing…
Albany, Suffolk close land deal, opening wind tunnel
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the By Land and By Sea File comes an official transfer of property between New York State and Suffolk County, clearing the path for an…
With Leviton’s latest bright idea, UV is A-OK in the OR
By GREGORY ZELLER // A cornerstone Long Island innovator has seen the light: continuous ultraviolet disinfection that doesn’t sacrifice clear vision. Wave hello to WavePort, a patent-pending technology from Melville-based…
Mental block: Poll reveals Island mental health ‘crisis’
By GREGORY ZELLER // Social studies continue to paint bleak portraits of Long Island’s mental health landscape. Just one week after Stony Brook Medicine’s Long Island LGBTQ+ Community Health Needs…