Clean water center eyes natural anti-pollutant shield
By GREGORY ZELLER // Long Island drinking water has the highest concentration of the likely human carcinogen 1,4-Dioxane in the country. Fortunately, the New York State Center for Clean Water…
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No. 572: On Catholics, the infamous double helix and Long Island immigration, topped with pistachios
Winter rush: Amazing job, dear readers – five more workdays in the books, bringing us that much closer to socioeconomic greatness and another well-earned weekend. It’s Feb 26 on…
No. 571: A Grimm tale, featuring space shots, young geniuses and Twin Peaks – plus, a toast to the tapsters
Shock and thaw: It’s Wednesday already, intrepid innovators, as we hustle through another busy – and blessedly warmer – week of socioeconomic innovation. We’ll drink to that: Businesses are…
Seawolves on Mars: SBU scientists fine tune ET search
By GREGORY ZELLER // As the cinema-quality visuals of the Mars 2020 mission fill your screens, some of the most important data beaming back from the Red Planet may escape…
LI biotech veterans attacking COVID from unique angle
By GREGORY ZELLER // The National Institutes of Health is backing an early-stage Kings Park biotech’s quest for non-antibiotic-based COVID-19 treatments. CMTx Biotech has non-antimicrobials in its sights and a…
In NYSERDA’s ‘Strategic Outlook,’ a sunny LI forecast
By GREGORY ZELLER // You have to say this about NYSERDA: They think big. The New York State Energy Research & Development Authority has unveiled a three-year “Strategic Outlook” combining…
Things is: For LI’s boldest, IoT opportunities abound
By MITCH MAIMAN // While smart, connected devices – collectively known as the Internet of Things – are already maturing, there are still incredible new business opportunities to be discovered…
No. 562: Neurons, Paris and polka dots – and that time Apple took down Big Brother
Well, THAT was exciting: Not just another week, dear readers, but certainly one more workweek in the books, as we reach Friday and the precipice of a well-earned winter…
State launches Offshore Wind Training Institute, again
By GREGORY ZELLER // Representing the largest public investment by any state in offshore wind workforce development, New York’s Offshore Wind Training Institute is now afloat. Seriously. The State University…
No. 559: Flying saucers, supervillains and mutant viruses – are we living in an ‘X Files’ episode?
Going to be a big day: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we brave another wintry week of socioeconomic innovation – with the fate of the Republic hanging in…
No. 558: Three Kings, two ore extractions and one very unlucky species – plus, the pandemic primer plows on
New and improved: Hello, dear readers, and welcome to a bold new year of socioeconomic innovation on Long Island and around the world. Yes, the pandemic still weighs heavy…
After rocky 2020, Island startups set to rock in 2021
By DAVID HAMILTON // What a challenging and tumultuous year! If you’d told the December 2019 me what was going to transpire, I’d have called you crazy – and suggested…
With Next Cryo, a startup that’s really cooling its jets
By GREGORY ZELLER // The Stony Brook University scientist who came in from the cold is getting some serious chills – and this time, he’s really got something to cryo…
No. 555: Pace pact, time travel and immunization, Island-style – plus, a big first finish for CEBIP
You asked for it: Admit it, dear readers – you griped about last winter’s lack of snow and the little tyke buried deep in your pragmatic soul is tingling…
In ThermoLift, SBU commercialization done right
By GREGORY ZELLER // The shining star of Stony Brook University’s commercialization ecosystem is all growed up – and ready to reshape the global heating-and-cooling landscape. As a client of…