Making the global innovation connection
By GREGORY ZELLER /// It’s a big world out there, and a true innovation economy must capitalize on it. Selling widgets around town can get a startup off the ground,…
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SBU team lands $1M for clean engine ignition
A Stony Brook University-led research team has received a $1 million Department of Energy grant to advance research on what’s called Reactivity Controlled Compression Ignition, an emerging combustion technology that uses…
The Debrief: Lawrence Weber, innovation psychotherapist
First and foremost a scientist, Lawrence Weber – who studied physical chemistry at Michigan State University and nucleic acids during a postdoctoral fellowship at MIT – takes an analytical approach…
Energy from floating ceramic nanomats? Yessir
Using ceramic nanomaterials to produce energy is a million-dollar idea, according to the National Science Foundation. Well, a $935,056 idea, anyway. That’s the size of the NSF grant just awarded…
SBU lands $20M for energy, biotech centers
Two Empire State Development awards totaling $20 million will propel Stony Brook University into the future of biotech and energy efficiency. The first award, totaling $10 million over 10 years,…
SBU names Sotiropoulos engineering dean
Stony Brook University has named a new dean of its innovative College of Engineering and Applied Sciences. Fotis Sotiropoulos, director of the St. Anthony Falls Laboratory at the University of…
Solving the power puzzle, by land, sea and air
By GREGORY ZELLER // Wind energy won’t save the world. Neither will wave energy or other forms of hydroelectric generation. So says Daniel Farb, founder of Leviathan Energy, a startup that…
Jasmine Universe: Powering a more efficient world
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Stony Brook-based startup is preparing a product launch that could change the way humans and their spaces consume energy. Launched in 2014, Jasmine Universe –…
SBU, East End duck farm get state grants
Stony Brook University is in line for a $1 million grant to help renovate and purchase equipment for its College of Engineering and Applied Sciences as part of $18 million…
SBU officially opens $40M computer center
Stony Brook University is lifting the curtain on its new Computer Science Building. The $40.8 million center – designed to accelerate SBU’s collaborative research in bioinformatics, smart energy, cyber engineering,…
Bioscience Hub readies $8.4M funding effort
By GREGORY ZELLER // The Long Island Bioscience Hub has announced plans to award $8.4 million in grants to local startups bringing bio-medical breakthroughs to market. The hub is a…
On the web? Zuznow has an app for that
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of the world’s busiest mobile-app makers is on the move. Zuznow, an Israeli firm ranked by tech-industry watchdog Gartner Analysts as a Top 10 vendor…
In tattoo removal, it’s all about thinking backwards
By GREGORY ZELLER // If you’ve ever wanted a tattoo but balked at that whole, you know, forever thing, hang on. Joseph Miccio is back at the drawing board. In…
Traverse readies the move to market
BY GREGORY ZELLER // Armed with a just-executed licensing agreement for a suite of anti-inflammatory drug therapies, two-year-old Traverse Biosciences is stepping up efforts to land the investors and strategic…
Sticking it to the Man
By GREGORY ZELLER // Katarzyna Sawicka has authority issues. Not that you can really blame her. Ever since she was an undergrad at Stony Brook University, she was told her…