Top techsperts carry CEWIT 2022 back to school
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University’s season of colossal conferences continues next week, and this time, the future of … well, everything … is on the line. Just weeks…
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No. 725: Promoting peace, social justice and healthier South Shore estuaries, with turncoats lurking about
Bitter end: It’s the last full day of Summer 2022, dear readers! The Autumnal Equinox occurs at 9:03 p.m. tomorrow, when the sun will be directly over the equator…
Familiar face takes the reins at FSC’s Bioscience Park
By GREGORY ZELLER // Broad Hollow Bioscience Park’s new head honcho is an old friend of regional commercialization. Dan Polner, most recently the incubator advocate for Stony Brook University’s Office…
At AEC 2022, high stakes for new energy-storage tech
By GREGORY ZELLER // Albany has awarded $16.6 million to five “long-duration energy-storage projects” – with another $17 million teed up for projects that can harness and store renewable energy….
Nobel laureate rides gravitational waves to SBU
By GREGORY ZELLER // Add another Nobel Prize laureate to Stony Brook University’s impressive roster. The co-flagship institution of the State University of New York system has recruited world-renowned experimental…
No. 719: On Breathalyzers, hydrogen hubs and trail mix, at the virtual end of a never-ending summer
Time’s up: Welcome, friends, to the end – the fifth Wednesday of August and final day of summer’s penultimate month. Yes, it’s Aug. 31 out there, a virtual last…
SoMAS enjoys victory lap after Shinnecock Bay revival
By GREGORY ZELLER // A decade of laboratory research and hands-on experimentation has literally given Shinnecock Bay new life. Scientists from Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences…
No. 716: On photography, theoretical astrophysics and things you’ve heard before, with soft-serve for everyone
Mid-season finale: Welcome to Friday, friends, and the final episode of another sunny summer workweek. Hope your episodic effort is good for a few laughs, with minimal melodrama. Here’s…
AEC 2022 gets the clean-energy band back together
By GREGORY ZELLER // And now back to our regularly scheduled low-carbon economy, already in progress. Four years since last gathering in person – and 14 months since a post-pandemic…
No. 27: Dawn Smallwood – The Mother of All Cops
Raised by strong women with long careers in professional healthcare, Dawn Smallwood seemed destined to become a doctor. She even went to college to study biology – but fate had…
Parkinson’s ultrarunner to go the distance, once again
By GREGORY ZELLER // Now here’s an idea that’s got legs. Wai Law is off and running, once again. With hundreds of charitable miles already underfoot and Parkinson’s disease research…
No. 705: Swimming with sharks, dueling Jesse James, digging cellular biology – and it’s finger-licking good!
Catching up: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as we shake off the three-day holiday festivities and stride confidently into the heart of summer – a blazing shot straight through…
A FluidFM situation: Scientists on the single-cell edge
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University biologists are going with the flow at unprecedented cellular levels – a deep bio-engineering dive that could alter understanding of life’s very building…
No. 699: In which we vulcanize rubber, rock lobsters and show some spectacular spider sense
Full throttle: Holy guacamole, dear readers – this late-spring workweek and the entire month of June are already half over! That makes it Wednesday, June 15, and we’re pouring…
Cell high: Second-stage Edgewise aiming for an LI first
By GREGORY ZELLER // Which of these Clean Energy Business Incubator Program companies is not like the others? It sounds like a children’s game, but Plainview-based Edgewise Energy truly stands…