In ‘baby pictures,’ an earliest-yet view of the universe
By GREGORY ZELLER // Researchers have looked back in time – way back – to produce pictures of our vast universe in its infancy. The Atacama Cosmology Telescope, a cosmological…
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No. 825: In the swing with pocket watches, golfers, new bioscience aquariums and Anne Rice, good buddy
Hey, kinda warm out there: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as Long Island’s innovation workforce sweats our way through a surprisingly summerlike first week of October. Weekend update: Before we…
Fifty years and one full circle at Contract Pharmacal
By TOM MARINER // A familiar theme for success – and for staying on Long Island – is “family owned and operated.” Look no further than Contract Pharmacal Corp., which…
Without gov’t oversight, who watches the pushers?
By TERRY LYNAM // Most people have a negative instinctive reaction to government bureaucracy and regulatory mandates, often viewed as excessively burdensome micromanagement. Many are inarguably flawed – but regulatory…
No. 686: We hope you dance and Make a Wish come true and use all the right words, and enjoy the shrimp
Fond farewell: Welcome to Friday, friends, and an ending that’s replete with innovative beginnings. With a busy and beautiful May on the doorstep, we’re wrapping up transitional April and this…
COVID-cracking UPenn duo snags top Feinstein honor
By GREGORY ZELLER // The technology behind the breakthrough COVID-19 vaccines has earned two University of Pennsylvania scientists highest marks from the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. Specifically, UPenn Perelman…
Bot matrix: Scientists spot social spambots’ tip-off tell
By GREGORY ZELLER // With so much concern over artificial intelligence-powered devices listening to us, are we paying enough attention to what AI is saying? They certainly are at Stony…
Long Island charities are missing the Bitcoin boat
By JEFFREY REYNOLDS // Bitcoin recently hit an all-time high – rising, like, 100,000 percent – and the combined market cap of the roughly 10,400 worldwide cryptocurrencies has crossed the…
SBU scientists drill motor cortex in Parkinson’s pursuit
By GREGORY ZELLER // A new Stony Brook University study digs deep into the cerebral cortex to discover fresh clues about declining motor skills in Parkinson’s disease patients. The loss…
Innovation in the Age of Coronavirus
Vaccinations are ramping up and the pandemic is winding down, but COVID-19 continues to reshape the world around us. And myriad Long Island forces – large and small, corporate and…
Federal grants back very different SBU compu-efforts
By GREGORY ZELLER // Millions of dollars in new federal grants are flowing to Stony Brook University’s Department of Computer Science, with cyber-defense and mobile data playing large. The research…
Study: Medical clues aplenty in Facebook posts
By GREGORY ZELLER // Social media is an undeniable mixed bag – global connector, presidential bully pulpit, unprecedented panic-spreading platform – but its potential as a real-time healthcare tool has…
For those with ‘charging anxiety,’ a lite in the dark
By GREGORY ZELLER // This is no AAA battery – a Long Island City startup with Long Island connections is bringing its field-tested “charge-sharing” tech straight to The Show. Hoplite…
In $2 million startup, 11,000 wines and one full circle
By GREGORY ZELLER // As the latest cog in a multistate corporate wheel likely to spin past $3 billion in revenue next year, Total Wine Spirits & More is not…
Child’s play: Northwell nabs top doc to lead pediatrics
Long Island’s top children’s hospital has a new pediatrics chief. The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children’s Medical Center has tapped Sophia Jan as its new chief of pediatrics, the New…