SBU success brings ‘quantum Internet’ a step closer
By GREGORY ZELLER // It’s a fundamental step! No, it’s a quantum leap! You’re both right! However you describe it, Stony Brook University scientists have cleared a big hurdle on…
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Three decades later, LIHTI still lighting biomed’s fuse
By TOM MARINER // Early in 2012, Marc Alessi – an attorney who had served three terms in the New York State Assembly – followed his entrepreneurial brain and founded…
No. 836: With big victories for science, adolescent mental health and the United States Marines
No rest for the weary: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, as we wind down another busy workweek and tee up another bustling autumnal weekend. Yes, the leaves are piling…
No. 829: Relax, cupcake – we’re heading to Alaska, Jupiter and the quantum realm, with a five-point plan
The joy of innovating: Happy day, dear readers! Another winning Wednesday has arrived, and we’re happily hurdling the hump of another hectic – but jovial! – autumn workweek. It’s…
No. 814: Epigenetics shine, the mighty hashtags rise and summer survives, with hot Cubans (the sandwiches)
Summer swan song: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we muscle our way through the penultimate week of the Summer of 2023. It’s not quite summer’s chronological end, but…
A summer of switcheroos for big Island names, firms
By GREGORY ZELLER // Across industries and sectors, an A-list of major Long Island names is updating its resumés this summer. The latest: Former New York State Chief Administrative Judge…
Around the world, in 40 years, on the T7 express
By TOM MARINER // Rarely does technology development come full-circle like this. Its recent acquisition of Toronto-based Spindle BioTech has not only allowed Stony Brook’s Applied DNA Sciences to combine…
Island-hopping SBU to head up NYC climate center
By GREGORY ZELLER // A regional stalwart of environmental science will lead an ambitious – and well-funded – climate solutions center in New York City. New York City Mayor Eric…
No. 780: On the ghost fork, UFO wars and the inevitable rise of the dolphins (and giving the ex a little slack)
Endings, beginnings: Welcome to the end of your latest busy workweek, dear readers, and the (almost) kickoff of another well-earned weekend. First, a Friday finale – and this ingenious…
At Brookhaven Lab, a breakthrough that’s long overdue
By GREGORY ZELLER // A theoretical physicist with unparalleled understanding of space, matter and energy will take the reins of Brookhaven National Laboratory. JoAnne Hewett, most recently associate lab director…
As AI evolves, the battle for control begins in court
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // In a haunting scene from 1968’s iconic “2001: A Space Odyssey,” sentient computer HAL 9000 turns off two astronauts’ life-support systems so it can assume…
Teaching Master Teachers a thing or two at the AERTC
By GREGORY ZELLER // A stronghold of higher-ed science is sharing its genius with Long Island’s littlest learners, with the help of some educational masters. A dozen representatives of the…
Five-year NYSTAR boost backs Accelerate Long Island
By GREGORY ZELLER // A reborn regional commercialization collaboration has received a $1.25 million boost from New York State. Accelerate Long Island is one of five Innovation Hot Spots recognized…
No. 745: Jupiter probes, LI’s smartest women, historic meltdowns – and my baby just wrote me a letter
Break in the action: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we plow straight into the heart of December – now just 17 shopping days until Christmas, and counting –…
No. 736: On immigrants, solar energy supplies and other American strengths – with lots of candy to share
Boo: Don’t be scared, dear readers – it’s Friday, and you’ve escaped the twisted mind-prison of another terrifying workweek. The weekend is here – the weekend before Halloween, of…