Cold start: Ram’s back – and this time, the weight is on
By TARA TERRANOVA // Ramuel “Ram” Maramara is no stranger to high ambition. And his latest project – helping to power a cleaner future with gravity-based energy storage – is…
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Upton and away: Humble start, brilliant future at BNL
By TOM MARINER // When the first U.S. Army recruits marched across the pine barrens of Upton, Long Island, in 1917, few could have imagined the global scientific breakthroughs that…
Time to add nuclear back to Long Island’s energy mix
By MICHAEL H. SAHN // Nuclear power is back – and despite its bad history with nuclear power, Long Island needs to consider it as a progressive energy source. In…
No. 922: The election from Hell, Halloween and other terrors, with candy corn (yikes!) and cabbage (eek!)
Fear itself: Welcome to Wednesday, dear readers, as harrowing horrors, ghastly ghouls, brain-dead beasts and other morbid monstrosities terrorize townsfolk and curse the countryside. It’s also the night before…
SBU will build a fusion ‘wall’ (and ARPA-E will pay for it)
By GREGORY ZELLER // Stony Brook University will attempt to scale fusion power’s difficult “first wall” with a major boost from the U.S. Department of Energy. The DOE’s Advanced Research…
With $100M collider deal, Albany deepens science focus
By GREGORY ZELLER // Albany’s main economic engine will help fuel the next-generation ion collider slowly taking shape at Brookhaven National Laboratory. The Empire State Development Corp., the state’s main…
DOE grant sends SUNY students to BNL, and the Moon
By GREGORY ZELLER // A three-year, seven-digit federal grant will place SUNY Old Westbury students on the cutting edge of high-energy physics experiments. Through its physics-focused RENEW program (for “Reaching…
Higher Orbic: 5G eBike redefines ‘electronic mobility’
By GREGORY ZELLER // A Long Island-based electronics manufacturer, already bringing 500-plus new manufacturing jobs to Suffolk County, is bringing 5G connectivity – and artificial intelligence-powered navigation – to the…
LI partners provide clean-energy training, en español
By GREGORY ZELLER // Ellos hablan español … and now, they’re fluent in renewable energy technologies, too. “Power Up! Wind, Solar & Renewables” – a workforce-development program created by United…
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…
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…
New York, partners pitch $3.6 billion hydrogen plan
By GREGORY ZELLER // Seven states, including New York, have submitted a U.S. Department of Energy proposal for the creation of a multibillion-dollar, multistate hydrogen-energy network. Along with counterparts in…
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…
CEBIP takes big step on EPIC clean-energy journey
By GREGORY ZELLER // One of Long Island’s most successful business-incubation programs has just pocketed a cool 50 grand – and moved closer to even bigger rewards in a national…
Albany, DOE bet on the future in BNL’s Discovery Park
By GREGORY ZELLER // New discovery abounds at Brookhaven National Laboratory, figuratively and literally. The Upton-based U.S. Department of Energy lab has officially broken ground on Phase One of its…