Category: Research

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Postdoc Spotlight Illuminates Cutting-Edge Research

Five minutes never went so quickly. In that time, Stony Brook University postdoctoral scholars explained their research to cure infections caused by antibiotic-resistant yeast; design the perfect metal for medical...

December 5, 2019

4 min read

Noah Strycker with an adelie penguin chick

Academics College of Arts & Sciences News Highlights Research SoMAS Student Spotlight

Grad Student Noah Strycker Takes on Cat-Bird Relations in National Geographic Article

It’s no surprise that tensions are high between birdwatchers and lovers of cats. Noah Strycker, a master’s student in the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences who currently works in the lab of Dr. Heather Lynch...

November 26, 2019

5 min read

Medicine Research

Evolution Can Repair Genes to Regain Lost Function

A new study by Stony Brook University researchers, published online in PNAS, shows that evolution can exploit positive feedback (PF) within cells to restore gene function. Such repair by evolution may provide a basis...

November 25, 2019

2 min read

Featured Story Research

For Alan Calder, “Blowing Up Stars is Fun”

Alan Calder, associate professor of Physics and Astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences Sciences and a core faculty member of the Institute for Advanced Computational Science (IACS), does research in nuclear...

November 25, 2019

4 min read

Graduate Student Organization leaders on Capitol Hill

Academics Graduate School Leadership Research Student Spotlight University

GSO Leadership Advocates for Increased Federal Funding for Science

On Thursday, November 14, leadership of Stony Brook University’s (SBU) Graduate Student Organization (GSO) met with New York Congressional staff in addition to Governor Cuomo’s federal relations staff in Washington, D.C...

November 20, 2019

2 min read

Research

Scientists Turn Up the Heat to Create New Nanostructured Metals

At team of scientists led by Stony Brook’s Karen Chen-Wiegart have developed a new approach for making metal-metal composites and porous metals with a 3-D interconnected “bicontinuous” structure in thin films at...

November 20, 2019

2 min read

Featured Story Research STEM

Institute for Advanced Computational Science Redefines the Boundaries of Research

Academic computing has come a long way since the days when math nerds ran punch cards through IBM mainframes. Today, researchers in every discipline, including the social sciences and humanities, need the power of...

November 15, 2019

6 min read

Hard clams (photo by Bassem Allam); Inset photo: A worker at Norm Bloom & Son Oysters offloads shellfish harvested from the company’s beds in Norwalk (photo by Judy Benson, Connecticut Sea Grant)

Faculty/Staff Long Island Research Sustainability

NY Sea Grant Contributes to Marine Aquaculture Research Projects

Two important aquaculture studies on New York’s marine waters will be administered at Stony Brook University through New York Sea Grant (NYSG). These projects are part of a national suite of 42 research projects and...

November 14, 2019

3 min read

News Highlights Research

$3.5M Grant Will Finance New Lines of Attack in the Battle Against Alzheimer’s Disease

A new approach to combatting Alzheimer’s Disease will be pioneered by Donghui Zhu, Associate Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering and the Institute for Engineering-Driven Medicine, aided by a $3.5...

November 13, 2019

2 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story Main University Medicine Medicine Alumni News Medicine and Research Medicine Today News Highlights Research STEM Stony Brook Matters University

SMART Cluster, Reality Deck 2.0 Unveiled

Stony Brook University celebrated the opening of its astonishing new SMART Cluster, a dual use GPU Cluster for both machine learning and visualization, in a ribbon-cutting ceremony on campus November 4. The high-tech...

November 5, 2019

2 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story Faculty/Student Spotlights Medicine and Research Research Stony Brook Matters Student

Tethered Chem Combos Could Revolutionize Artificial Photosynthesis

Stony Brook University graduate student Lei Wang is part of a team of scientists at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) who have doubled the efficiency of a chemical combo that captures light and splits water molecules...

November 4, 2019

4 min read

Featured Story Research Sustainability

High-Tech Instruments Empower the Search for Microplastics

It’s an invisible problem on a global scale. Drinking straws, shopping bags and other plastic litter contaminating our beaches and oceans are easy to see, but true microplastics – particles ranging in size from 5...

November 1, 2019

4 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories Research Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight

Lucie Baumont Wins Research Support from Department of Energy

Lucie Baumont, a PhD student in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Physics and Astronomy is among 49 graduate students recently selected by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Science Graduate Student...

November 1, 2019

3 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story Research Stony Brook Matters Sustainability

Pioneering Study Maps Ocean Areas in Need of Preservation

A first-of-its-kind global marine mapping study provides a roadmap on where to place Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) in accordance with United Nations goals for environmental preservation. The study, conducted by a...

October 25, 2019

3 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories Faculty/Staff Medicine and Research Research Stony Brook Matters

Study: Breaking Waves Propel Ancient Molecules Into the Air

A discovery that helps explain how organic matter produced by life thousands of years ago is ultimately removed from the sea has been published in Science Advances by Steven Beaupré of Stony Brook University’s School of...

October 23, 2019

4 min read

Research

Machine-Learning Analysis Could Help Reduce Carbon Emissions

In a novel approach that could help reduce carbon emissions, a team of scientists led by Stony Brook’s Anatoly Frenkel have described a way to use artificial intelligence (AI) to facilitate the conversion of...

October 22, 2019

3 min read

Awards and Honors Faculty/Staff Research STEM

SBU Receives NSF Funding to Help Establish US as Leader in Quantum Information Science

Stony Brook University (SBU) has been awarded a Conceptualization Grant (CG) from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Quantum Leap Challenge Institutes (QLCI) program. The 12-month award provides $149,625 in funding...

October 22, 2019

4 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story Awards and Honors Giving Back Research Stony Brook Matters

Dean C. Adams, PhD ‘99 to Receive 2019 Rohlf Medal for Excellence in Morphometric Methods and Applications

The 2019 Rohlf Medal for Excellence in Morphometric Methods and Applications will be presented to Dean C. Adams PhD ‘99 on Thursday, October 24, 2019 as part of the 2019 Provost’s Lecture Series, Charles B. Wang Center...

October 21, 2019

5 min read

Category: Research

Postdoc Spotlight Illuminates Cutting-Edge Research

Grad Student Noah Strycker Takes on Cat-Bird Relations in National Geographic Article

Evolution Can Repair Genes to Regain Lost Function

For Alan Calder, “Blowing Up Stars is Fun”

GSO Leadership Advocates for Increased Federal Funding for Science

Scientists Turn Up the Heat to Create New Nanostructured Metals

Institute for Advanced Computational Science Redefines the Boundaries of Research

NY Sea Grant Contributes to Marine Aquaculture Research Projects

$3.5M Grant Will Finance New Lines of Attack in the Battle Against Alzheimer’s Disease

SMART Cluster, Reality Deck 2.0 Unveiled

Tethered Chem Combos Could Revolutionize Artificial Photosynthesis

High-Tech Instruments Empower the Search for Microplastics

Lucie Baumont Wins Research Support from Department of Energy

Pioneering Study Maps Ocean Areas in Need of Preservation

Study: Breaking Waves Propel Ancient Molecules Into the Air

Machine-Learning Analysis Could Help Reduce Carbon Emissions

SBU Receives NSF Funding to Help Establish US as Leader in Quantum Information Science

Dean C. Adams, PhD ‘99 to Receive 2019 Rohlf Medal for Excellence in Morphometric Methods and Applications

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