For ‘ancient DNA’ researchers, ethics never go extinct
By GREGORY ZELLER // Every human being deserves respect – even humans who walked the Earth 10,000 years ago. So says an international assemblage of modern-day scientists – more than…
Stony Brook University
Debrief: With Yvonne Schultz, innovation in every pot
When Innovate Long Island last checked in on the goings on at Stony Brook University’s Business Incubator at Calverton, former Town of Riverhead Community Development Agency Executive Director Chris Kempner had…
Marking a half-century of medical invention, with style
By GREGORY ZELLER // Fifty years later, not much has changed for medical-product consultancy MIDI Product Development – except its ever-evolving technological capabilities, its larger role in the client’s commercialization…
No. 634: On Beatlemania, bras and an iron baroness, with a head start on your Halloween candy
Already in progress: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we rejoin our broadcast in the middle of another exciting week of socioeconomic innovation and at the midpoint of the…
Water, water everywhere – and around LI, it’s toxic
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University scientists have completed a comprehensive, months-long assessment of Long Island coastal waters. Unfortunately, the good news stops there. The Island’s bays and estuaries…
No. 631: On dames, NASA and hydrogen-based fuels – with fresh-baked cookies
So fast, it’s spooky: Endings and beginnings, dear readers, as another workweek whips by and we race into the month of flamboyant foliage, Bavarian beer festivals and, of course,…
Electric-vehicle pioneer levels up with strategic buy-in
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Stony Brook-based startup will hit the gas – euphemistically – on production of electrically powered commercial vehicles, thanks to a megawatt investment from a high-profile…
No. 629: A Supreme edition, punctuated by tiny houses, KFC and cherries jubilee
Almost there: You’ve done it again, dear reader! Another workweek conquered and another weekend queued up – the first weekend of autumn to boot. Well done! But before you…
No. 628: In which Darwin digs, Bocelli sings, Lincoln frees the slaves – and the machines power up (uh oh)
Out of your gourd: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and the midpoint of this very busy workweek – not to mention the first day of autumn here in our…
NSF backs SBU’s quest for AI-controlled power grid
By GREGORY ZELLER // Handing control of the national power grid over to artificial intelligence? What could possibly go wrong? Remain calm, humans. What sounds like the opening of every…
No. 627: A real M*A*S*H-up, featuring a curvy dark-side mistress, fried ham and the Road Runner (meep meep!)
Rock step: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, as we wrap up this very-late-summer workweek and look forward to another well-earned weekend. It’s Sept. 17 out there – International Country…
At Spellman’s electricity lab, everything’s under control
By GREGORY ZELLER // A regional manufacturer of custom high-voltage power systems and one of Long Island’s top research institutions have teamed up to advance the next generation of power…
No. 626: A saga of survival, ‘extinct’ beasts and delish double cheeseburgers, directed by Oliver Stone
Striking the proper atone: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and the midpoint – for some – of another exciting week of socioeconomic innovation. To our readers of the Jewish…
No. 625: Millions for biotech, six decades of TV dinners and 20 years since the world changed forever
In memoriam: Welcome, dear readers, to the end of an abbreviated workweek, and the eve of a momentous anniversary. It’s Friday, Sept. 10, and before we get back into…
Albany pumps $40M into biotech commercialization
By GREGORY ZELLER // Good news for Long Island’s impressive biotech-research corridor: New York State has opened a new Biodefense Commercialization Fund designed to speed promising life-science research to market….