As eSports rise, New York Tech tackles blood-clot risks
By GREGORY ZELLER // Have you burnt a fortnight on Fortnite? Lost count of your Counter-Strike hours? Are you legendary for your marathon League of Legends sessions? Congratulations – you’re…
Research
NIH funds Feinstein fight against autism, schizophrenia
By GREGORY ZELLER // Backed by a multimillion-dollar federal grant, a seasoned Long Island-based behavioral scientist is taking the fight to nefarious neuropsychiatric disorders, once again. The National Institutes of…
Study: Helmets offer little defense against concussions
By GREGORY ZELLER // New York Tech has a dire warning for footballers, cyclists and others who strap on protective helmets: Even current top-of-the-line models won’t likely prevent a concussion….
For SBU scientists, running starts on research funding
By GREGORY ZELLER // Throw another $700,000 onto the pile of generous – and smart, according to the ROI – investments made by Stony Brook University’s Office of the Vice…
Research review spices up war against ovarian cancer
By GREGORY ZELLER // If you thought turmeric improved your curry, wait until you see what it does for ovarian cancer treatments. That’s the word out of the New York…
Stellar USAF gift fires musical mathematician’s lasers
By GREGORY ZELLER // A musical mathematician is studying theories about the ways light behaves – an effort marked by highest-level calculations, immense scientific potential and frickin’ lasers. Minus the…
New York Tech’s ASD study smells like a winner
By GREGORY ZELLER // Autism spectrum disorder affects different people in different ways – and for those with an “insistence on sameness,” the disorder’s effects on the sense of smell…
At CSHL, the brains (and the funding) of the operation
By GREGORY ZELLER // A cornerstone of Long Island’s world-class scientific foundation has broken ground on an evolutionary leap in neuroscience research. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory stuck ceremonial shovels in…
NIH backs SBU’s ‘pandemic preparedness’ research
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University is getting a running start on the next COVID-level crisis. A $3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of…
Feinstein’s $6.7M award maps road to vagus riches
By GREGORY ZELLER // The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research has begun an ambitious mapping mission that may chart the course to the human race’s healthiest future. A $6.7 million…
A shocking discovery, with painfully obvious benefits
By GREGORY ZELLER // They’re getting down to the nitty gritty at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, where investigators may have finally determined how and why electrical stimulation reduces…
Study: Even more promise in hot anticancer candidate
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University researchers are reporting significant gains in the war on cancer – specifically, an anticancer drug showing real potential to reduce cancerous tumors. That’s…
Albany re-ups progressive Island Alzheimer’s center
By GREGORY ZELLER // A hefty state grant will support new Stony Brook University research into Alzheimer’s disease, with new potential treatments very much in play. The Stony Brook Center…
SBU study detects ‘gender chasm’ in scientific papers
By GREGORY ZELLER // A review of nearly two decades of publications in the nation’s top medical journals shows a clear bias against women authors. Led by researchers from Stony…