A Florida innovator makes a big move on Long Island
By GREGORY ZELLER // With Red Rover, you haul – they innovate. A new, better way for humans to relocate their lives has been the modus operandi of Florida-based Red…
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As interests align, expect ‘net-zero’ investment to rise
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // We confront new reports every day describing new threats to the environment – the harsh realities of global climate change. Fortunately, our efforts to deal…
After COVID hell, Mount Sinai staffers snag golden tix
By GREGORY ZELLER // Four Long Island heroes will join thousands of doctors, nurses and other front-line healthcare providers in Tampa for this Sunday’s Super Bowl LV. The National Football…
In med-tech alliance, a second Twin Cities shot for IPS
By GREGORY ZELLER // Award-winning product design firms from Long Island and Minnesota are synchronizing their efforts in the red-hot med-tech space. Hauppauge-based Intelligent Product Solutions and Coon Rapids-based Kablooe…
Good news on cancer, but it can always be better
By RICHARD BARAKAT // It used to be that health statistics were something that only academics, medical researchers and clinicians cared about. Now they’re a key part of the daily…
True story: Either we kill fake news, or it kills us
By DAVID CHAUVIN // Like millions of Americans, I paused my normal routine Jan. 20 to watch the swearing-in of President Joe Biden. And like so many Americans, I was…
Adelphi, FSC grease the skids on key graduate degrees
By GREGORY ZELLER // Two Long Island higher-ed institutions are uniting to give collegians a running start on their graduate degrees. Farmingdale State College and Garden City-based Adelphi University have…
Now entering the arena: You, thanks to this
By GREGORY ZELLER // An interesting new vertical continues to soar at Woodbury-based Janam Technologies, where workplace-tough tech is making room for Age of Coronavirus-inspired tools. The latest example comes…
Moynihan Hall job links big wins for red-hot TiniFiber
By GREGORY ZELLER // An East Farmingdale startup that dares to dream small has added another high-wiring act to its already-impressive list. With miles (and miles and miles) of its…
Take your chances: A possible windfall, with real risks
By JEFFREY REYNOLDS // Faced with a $15 billion budget gap, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed the legalization of mobile sports gambling in his 2021/22 budget proposals, an idea budget…
We’ll always have Paris: Biden re-ups, activists rejoice
By GREGORY ZELLER // Regional environmental activists are over the moon about President Joseph Biden’s swift action rejoining the Paris Agreement. Anne Reynolds, executive director of the Albany-based Alliance for…
Seeing is remembering (or, you light up my neurons)
By GREGORY ZELLER // Straight from the fusiform gyrus (bridging the bases of the temporal and occipital lobes) comes the human brain’s innate ability to recognize faces, a fairly mysterious…
No shot: Pfizer nixes New York’s direct appeal
By GREGORY ZELLER // It appears Albany’s questionable attempt to cut out the middleman in its immunization efforts is a nonstarter. Governor Andrew Cuomo on Monday sent a letter to…
‘Harvestable energy’ fuels second CEBIP graduate
By GREGORY ZELLER // A waste-not biotech with a true sense of sustainability has become the second company to graduate from the Clean Energy Business Incubator Program, despite logistical challenges…
Hurry up and wait for slow, but steady, vaccinations
By TERRY LYNAM // Frustration abounds as Long Islanders and Americans nationwide struggle to make appointments for a COVID-19 vaccination. The initial strategy put in place by Operation Warp Speed…