For real market value, nothing beats life on the farm
By DAVID HAMILTON // Spring has fully sprung and summer is near – and that means sunny mornings, high pollen counts … and farmer’s markets! Farmer’s markets have become a…
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No. 698: The Republic lives – and we innovate on, with polyester, wobbly spans and critical new building codes
The day after: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, as we digest last night’s historic – and deeply upsetting – televised hearing of the House Select Committee to Investigate the…
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…
Shinnecock Bay earns global ecological distinction
By GREGORY ZELLER // An international organization on an oceanic rescue mission is holding up Shinnecock Bay as a dual example of pristine ecology and hard work. Mission Blue, a…
No. 696: On wind warriors, real estate royalty and mighty bat men – and at the risk of repeating ourselves…
Short and sweet: Welcome to Friday, dear readers, as we wrap up the abbreviated workweek – just one more day of socioeconomic innovation between us and another well-earned weekend….
Energy Department veteran to lead wind consortium
By GREGORY ZELLER // A former U.S. Department of Energy bigwig will temporarily lead an ambitious New York-based consortium focused on maximizing the nation’s promising offshore-wind industry. The National Offshore…
No. 695: Go ahead and read about light laws, incubators and webslingers – we double-dog dare you!
Silver linings: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, and to June, and to the start of the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season, forecast by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to…
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…
Coming soon: Drought-inspired mass human migrations
By GREGORY ZELLER // Worldwide droughts will cause mass human migrations over the next century, with entire populations on the move in Mexico, South America, Africa and elsewhere. That’s the…
Stony Brook gifted $56M to boost STEM diversity
By GREGORY ZELLER // A massive philanthropical gift will help increase diversity among Stony Brook University STEM students. The university announced Wednesday that the New York City-based Simons Foundation and…
Feinstein’s Diamond, SBU math whiz earn NAS nods
By GREGORY ZELLER // Add another honorable distinction to Betty Diamond’s all-world trophy case – this time, from a scientific academy that traces its roots all the way to Abraham…
No. 687: The OJ is fresh, the trees are planted and the Force will be with you, always (hold the chicken)
Force push: Welcome to Wednesday, masters and padawans, Jedi and Sith, bounty hunters, Imperial troops and assorted rebel scum. It’s May 4 across our little corner of the universe,…
Gluten-free galley is icing atop ace food-biz incubator
By DAVID HAMILTON // There’s a real gem hidden inside the Food Business Incubator at Calverton, like finally getting in enough licks on your Tootsie Pop to discover the delicious…
At BNL, an energetic history of medical innovation
By TOM MARINER // Upton-based Brookhaven National Laboratory is a national treasure operating at the forefront of energy science – but it’s also made profound contributions to medical sciences. One…
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…