The Debrief: Accelerate LI’s Meeting of the Minds
When last we spoke (he was a guest in December on Spark: The Innovate Long Island Podcast), Accelerate Long Island Program Director Dan Lloyd discussed Long Island’s potential as…
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Found in translation: LI consultancy gives biotech a voice
By MARILYNN ELIE // For Arielle Bryan and Mike Garofalo, the disconnect between groundbreaking science and commercial success is impossible to ignore. Brilliant biotechnology ideas often live and die inside…
No. 1054: Wishes granted, supplies chained and shrimp scampi’d (check Roget’s … did we just invent a word?)
Whoa there: Welcome to a fast-moving Wednesday, dear readers – a penultimate bow for April, which ends tomorrow, and a busy hump day for everyone on the road to…
No. 1052: Just add muons, clean water, two extremely different Vladimirs and a big, ripe Onion
Earth to everyone … come in, everyone: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and not just any Wednesday but Wednesday, April 22 – a date baked into the story of…
As climate deniers score, Earth Day’s down – but not out
By GREGORY ZELLER // Earth Day is not what it used to be, in amazing and terrible ways. Though an overwhelming majority of U.S. citizens recognizes climate change’s scientifically undeniable…
No. 1051: SBU embraces E (belatedly), Big Medicine breaks up (maybe) and bad ballrooms bust (once again)
Change dot org: No, dear readers, we don’t have a petition for you to sign (though the action-oriented Change.org platform does have several trendy political topics to choose from,…
No. 1050: Golden arches, Northwell’s senior moment and boldly going where we went 50 years ago
Temperature check: Break out the short sleeves, dear readers, as we bask in the early Spring’s warmest stretch – and the innovation economy heats up accordingly. Yes, it’s been…
In space, no one can hear you think (or not)
By GREGORY ZELLER // That was great, the whole Artemis II thing. Impressive technology, fantastic distance records, peak human ingenuity, above-and-beyond bravery, all clicking without a hitch – stubborn space…
No. 1047: On Moon missions, AI academies and the great champion of chimpanzees (with gefilte fish for all!)
Hi, holy days: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, and a good Friday at that – literally, as Christianity tees up its most sacred weekend and Judaism settles into the…
NASA tabs SBU spaceman for Artemis IV science team
By GREGORY ZELLER // With global attention riveted to the ongoing Artemis II spaceflight, one starry eyed Stony Brook University scientist is already focusing on future Artemis missions. Professor Timothy…
No. 1045: Slowing climate laws, hastening cancer clues and enjoying a stiff one (the whiskey, not the Viagra)
(The last?) first pitch: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, as we wrap up another busy workweek – and unwrap the 2026 Major League Baseball season, which has officially taken…
With black holes in his sights, NASA fellow lands at SBU
By GREGORY ZELLER // With its long-awaited Artemis missions, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is looking to return humanity to the Moon. Stony Brook University’s newest interstellar superstar is…
No. 1044: On waffles, weighty endowments and the WikiWikiWeb – plus Amazon’s ‘Hail Mary’ heave
All aboard! Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as your favorite innovation newsletter rides the rails of a busy early-Spring workweek – and punches the ticket of its latest first-class…
No. 1043: Evil ETs, quantum entanglements, the debut of ‘Uncle Tom’ and plenty of other stories worth telling
Sprung: Welcome to Friday, intrepid innovators, and depending on what time you’re reading this, welcome to Spring! Yes, after a Winter for the weather books here on Long Island…
SBU widens its quantum lead with cutting-edge institute
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University is widening its lead as a global quantum-computing superhub, with an internationally renowned physics professor leading the charge. Leveraging a $300 million State…