Online ownership: It’s all fine, until the fine print
By DAVID A. CHAUVIN // For a brief moment in 2010, my wildest dreams came true: The Dallas Cowboys ceased to exist. At least, www.dallascowboys.com did. This unfortunately had nothing…
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Universities unite to batten the energy grid’s hatches
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Department of Resiliency comes Yacov Shamash, the one-time Stony Brook University vice president for economic development who “retired” two years ago but remains very…
Putting a dent in homelessness, not a tiny one
By KEVIN PAUL // It’s been more than a month since the first 3D-printed home was put on the market in the United States, and society has had a chance…
Innovation in motion for LGC, new production partner
By GREGORY ZELLER // An award-winning digital-media innovator with a flair for the dramatic has doubled down on its Hollywood ambitions. Edgewood-based Lorraine Gregory Communications, which raised the curtain on…
Big step, but no final fix, for criminal-justice balance
By JEFFREY REYNOLDS // Yet another shooting by police of an unarmed black man – 20 miles away from the Minnesota courthouse where fired cop Derek Chauvin is on trial…
Calculating risks, rewards in Nassau warehouses
By HARRY COGHLAN // Nassau County has limited space to work with when it comes to the construction of warehousing facilities that allow companies to manufacture, house and distribute products…
In e-book, innovation stories waiting to be written
By GREGORY ZELLER // Communication Strategy Group is putting its e-book where its mouth is. The Huntington-based “brand storyteller” has powered up “Brandtelling for Business,” a free e-book detailing the…
Northwell targets safety, not rights, in smart gun fight
By GREGORY ZELLER // With Northwell Health in the lead, a battalion of nationwide healthcare networks is uniting against gun violence – and it’s hoping to leave politics outside. Instead,…
Getting to the source, with health inequities laid bare
By TERRY LYNAM // The focus on systemic racism has never been more intense in the United States, with daily news coverage of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin’s murder…
Applied DNA, Northwell join hunt for COVID mutants
By GREGORY ZELLER // As humanity takes the upper hand in the war against COVID-19, the virus that causes the disease continues to mutate – and New York State’s largest…
When the laser wars raged across Long Island
By TOM MARINER // Lasers are everywhere: medicine, communications, pointers, Hollywood ray guns. “LASER,” of course, is an acronym for “Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation,” coined by Gordon…
Adelphi innovations eye the workforce, and the world
By GREGORY ZELLER // Adelphi University has gone on a serious innovation spree, adding new continuing-education workshops, advanced-business certificates and an ambitious bachelor’s degree program with an international mien. The…
It’s time for unity on a long-term East End food plan
By KATE FULLAM // Two years ago, the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute engaged the East End Food Institute in a research project aimed at melding data, demographics and media coverage into a portrait…
Europeans (and other earthlings) honor LI professors
By GREGORY ZELLER // Two Long Island professors have added noteworthy honors to their impressive résumés – one from Europe’s home of scientific excellence, the other from Earth’s base for…
Noting need for continued testing, Acupath steps on it
By GREGORY ZELLER // One year after perfecting the Pandemic Pivot, an innovative Plainview laboratory is doubling down on its unparalleled COVID-19 testing abilities – even as the vaccines flow….