Category: Research

Alumni Spotlight Story Medicine Medicine Alumni News Medicine and Research Research Stony Brook Matters

Study Links 9/11 Responders to Cognitive Impairment

A new study of 9/11 World Trade Center responders led by Stony Brook University reveals that post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is strongly associated with onset of mild cognitive impairment (MCI). The study...

September 9, 2019

3 min read

Faculty/Staff Research

Study Shows Breeding Has Altered Dogs’ Brains

For thousands of years humans have been breeding dogs to perform specific jobs — German Shepherds are used as police dogs, Labrador Retrievers are used as guide dogs for the blind. Now, a new study shows that these...

September 6, 2019

2 min read

Faculty/Staff Featured Story Research Sustainability

How Stony Brook Is Reshaping Global Conservation and Sustainability

Stony Brook, one of the nation’s top public universities, continues to extend its impact far beyond New York, to the global stage. With the University continuing to attract prominent researchers, it is playing an...

September 4, 2019

7 min read

Research

New Technology Enables Greater Independence for the Blind

A team of Stony Brook University Department of Computer Science faculty have developed a new technology to help blind people complete printed forms independently. The Write-it-Yourself guide (WiYG) system uses a custom...

September 4, 2019

3 min read

News Highlights Research Student Spotlight

Giselle Maronilla ’20 Finds Links Between English and Econ

“You might think economics and English are on completely different ends of the spectrum,” said URECA scholar Giselle Maronilla ’20. “But in both studies, you’re looking at relationships, between...

September 3, 2019

2 min read

Long Island News Highlights Research Sustainability

Stony Brook Know-How Helps to Protect Long Island’s Water Supply

There are now about 250,000 cesspools in place in Suffolk County, and another 100,000 Suffolk properties deploy septic systems. “That’s not a good thing,” said Frank Russo, associate director for wastewater initiatives...

August 30, 2019

5 min read

Research

Discovery by Nanomaterials Scientists Could Enable Ultra-Tiny Electronics

Findings that could facilitate the next generation of ultra-tiny electronics have been published by Brookhaven Lab scientists, along with Ashwanth Subramanian, a PhD student in the Department of Materials Science and...

August 29, 2019

3 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories Faculty Faculty/Student Spotlights Medicine Medicine Alumni News Medicine and Research Medicine Today News Highlights Nursing Alumni News Research Stony Brook Matters

Can Machine Learning Awaken Coma Patients?

I. Memming Park, Stony Brook’s 2019 Discovery Prize winner, built his first artificial neural network when he was in middle school. That long-held interest in how the brain works influenced his award-winning research...

August 22, 2019

3 min read

Advancement News Highlights Research

Grant and Gift Totaling More than $11M Will Accelerate High-Performance Computing at IACS

A $6.3 million anonymous donation and a $5 million NSF grant promise to accelerate cutting-edge research in the field of high-performance computing at Stony Brook’s Institute for Advanced Computational Science...

August 16, 2019

4 min read

Academics Alumni Spotlight Story Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Medicine Today Research Stony Brook Matters

Psychology Professor Awarded for Upcoming Teenage Autism Study

Autism expert Matthew Lerner, an associate professor of Psychology, Psychiatry, and Pediatrics at Stony Brook University, has received the 2019 Richard “Dick” Abidin Early Career Award and Grant from the Society of...

August 15, 2019

2 min read

Alumni Spotlight News Highlights Recent Grads Research STEM Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight

Christopher Hayes ’19 Researches Solar Energy at Brookhaven National Lab

Chemistry was the subject in school that Christopher Hayes enjoyed the most. However, the Long Island native entered Stony Brook University unsure of his course of study. This past spring, he graduated with degrees in...

August 12, 2019

5 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story Awards and Honors Faculty Faculty/Staff Faculty/Student Spotlights Main University Research STEM Stony Brook Matters

Peter van Nieuwenhuizen Shares $3M Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for “Invention of Supergravity”

Peter van Nieuwenhuizen, distinguished professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences Department of Physics and the C.N. Yang Institute for Theoretical Physics at Stony Brook University, is one of three...

August 6, 2019

7 min read

Awards and Honors Faculty/Staff Featured Story Research STEM

Q&A With Breakthrough Prize Winner Peter van Nieuwenhuizen

How did you learn that you received the award? I had just come back from Europe, from Holland. And I was sitting at my kitchen table paying bills. On my computer screen appeared a message from Edward Witten, a famous...

August 6, 2019

7 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories Faculty/Student Spotlights Recent Grads Research Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Matthew Murphy ’20 Unlocks Puzzles in Astronomy

For URECA Summer Researcher Matthew Murphy, doing research “feels like solving puzzles.” “I’ve always loved doing that,” he said. “I’ve loved looking at things unconventionally. Every day when I sit at my...

August 5, 2019

2 min read

Alumni Hottest Stories Research Stony Brook Matters

Building a Network for Long-Distance Quantum Communication

From the rooftop of the decommissioned Brookhaven Graphite Research Reactor (BGRR) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, the Health Sciences Tower at Stony Brook University —...

August 5, 2019

4 min read

News Highlights Research Sustainability

Hummingbird Study Shows How Genetic Changes Could Be Predicted

Multiple hummingbird species have adapted to high altitudes in the Andes Mountains through genetic mutations that affect the same biochemical pathways, a study by Stony Brook researchers finds. Creatures that transition...

July 31, 2019

2 min read

News Highlights Research Sustainability

For SoMAS’s Oliver Shipley, Every Week is Shark Week

Oliver Shipley might have one of the best assignments in the world — he gets to scrutinize what is arguably Earth’s most fascinating and feared creature in its natural habitat, from the safety of an underwater research...

July 31, 2019

6 min read

Alumni Spotlight Story Medicine and Research Research Stony Brook Matters

Transforming Advanced Nanoscience Data into Interactive Art

Stony Brook’s Margaret Schedel, in collaboration with Brookhaven Lab Center for Functional Nanomaterials scientist Kevin Yager and Brooklyn-based multimedia artist Melissa Clarke, has generated novel...

July 29, 2019

7 min read

Category: Research

Study Links 9/11 Responders to Cognitive Impairment

Study Shows Breeding Has Altered Dogs’ Brains

How Stony Brook Is Reshaping Global Conservation and Sustainability

New Technology Enables Greater Independence for the Blind

Giselle Maronilla ’20 Finds Links Between English and Econ

Stony Brook Know-How Helps to Protect Long Island’s Water Supply

Discovery by Nanomaterials Scientists Could Enable Ultra-Tiny Electronics

Can Machine Learning Awaken Coma Patients?

Grant and Gift Totaling More than $11M Will Accelerate High-Performance Computing at IACS

Psychology Professor Awarded for Upcoming Teenage Autism Study

Christopher Hayes ’19 Researches Solar Energy at Brookhaven National Lab

Peter van Nieuwenhuizen Shares $3M Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for “Invention of Supergravity”

Q&A With Breakthrough Prize Winner Peter van Nieuwenhuizen

Matthew Murphy ’20 Unlocks Puzzles in Astronomy

Building a Network for Long-Distance Quantum Communication

Hummingbird Study Shows How Genetic Changes Could Be Predicted

For SoMAS’s Oliver Shipley, Every Week is Shark Week

Transforming Advanced Nanoscience Data into Interactive Art

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