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…
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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…
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…
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…