Category - Research

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Undergraduate Researcher Natalie Lo Takes on Cancer Biology

The undergraduate researcher recently received the SASS Foundation Arena Scholars Award, which recognizes research potential in the field of cancer biology.

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Alumni Spotlight Story Faculty/Staff Main University Medicine and Research News Highlights Research Stony Brook Matters

AI Microgrid Researchers Aim to Increase Reliability and Safety of Power Grids

Humanity’s reliance on the power grid is increasing with each passing year. As a society, we are lulled into a sense that things will work simply by paying the monthly bill, and when these massive systems break down —...

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Adjunct Professor Stephen Schwartz Receives International Aerosol Fellow Award

His research helps determine the extent human activity has increased aerosol levels in the atmosphere, how air pollution impairs health and how diseases like COVID-19 spread.

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ATLAS Experiment Upgrade Wins DOE Project Management Award

The upgrade will enable scientists to collect 10 times more data from particle collisions, observe very rare processes and make new discoveries about how the universe works.

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Alumni Hottest Stories Awards and Honors Main University Medicine and Research Newsletter-Spotlight Research Stony Brook Matters

Stony Brook Team Receives Award for R&D

Stony Brook researchers, together with SBU-affiliated startup Superclean Glass Inc., received the R&D 100 Award from R&D World magazine, often referred to as the “Oscars of Innovation.”

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Alda Center to Bring Science to the Stage in Unique Livestream Performance

The groundbreaking research and discoveries that happen at Stony Brook are inspiring both art and science through innovation in the performing arts.

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In an effort to help prevent erosion, signage encourages beachgoers to keep off coastal bluffs. New research supported by NY Sea Grant will provide information that will allow for improved prediction of bluff erosion that informs planning by coastal communities. Image credit: Cornell Cooperative Extension Marine Program

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$2.1 Million Awarded for Sea Grant Research on NY’s Coastal Environment

Funds will support three projects led by Stony Brook University faculty that explore topics relating to and benefiting New York’s coastal environment, communities and economies.

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Alumni Hottest Stories Long Island Medicine and Research Research Stony Brook Matters Wellness

$1.7M NSF Grant to Help SBU Researchers Improve Quality of Life for Seniors

The fastest-growing population on Long Island and around the world is older adults. By 2035, those aged 65 and over are expected to comprise more than 20 percent of Long Island’s population — a demographic shift that...

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Climate Research May Help Reduce “Snail Fever” Worldwide

Projections of temperatures and precipitation amounts in climate change scenarios may be a key component in a large research initiative with the goal to reduce schistosomiasis.

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Turkana Basin Researchers to Probe Climate Change and Evolution in East Africa

In the summer of 1964, a Yale undergrad named J.G. Mead discovered a beaked whale fossil during an expedition in what is now the Turkana region of northwest Kenya. The 17-million-year-old fossil played an integral role...

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Kedar Kirane Receives ASME ORR Early Career Award

The engineering professor was rewarded for his contributions to knowledge and technology that can enable safer, reliable and efficient structures in various engineering applications.

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Alumni Hottest Stories Awards and Honors Faculty/Student Spotlights Research STEM Stony Brook Matters Student Student Spotlight

Four SBU Grad Students Win BNL Scholarship for Their Research

Four Stony Brook University graduate students have been selected for the 2020 Dr. Mow Shiah Lin Scholarship: Erwei Huang, Advisor Dr. Ping Liu, Brookhaven National Laboratory Struti Iyer, Advisor Dr. W. Richard...

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Eszter Boros Named 2020 Moore Inventor Fellow

Her research combines fundamental inorganic chemistry and metal radiochemistry with modern imaging methods to provide personalized medical treatments of cancer and microbial infections.

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Low-Carb Diet Could Boost Brain Health, Study Finds

The Stony Brook-led research showed that even in younger adults (under age 50) dietary ketosis increased overall brain activity and stabilized functional networks.

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Various bones at a Bronze Age battle excavation site, some of which were genetically tested to determine the presence of the lactase-persistent gene. Credit: Stefan Sauer / Tollense Valley Project

Alumni Spotlight Story College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Medicine and Research Research Stony Brook Matters

Lactose Tolerance Happened Quickly in Europe, Study Shows

Genetic material from the bones of people who died around 1,200 BC suggests that lactase persistence spread in only a few thousand years.

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BNL Summer Students Tackle COVID-19

For Sonali George '21, the coronavirus pandemic presented a chance to engage in research related to the virus that forced her internship online.

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Abbigayle Cuomo ’21 Embraces Undergraduate Research

The SBU senior works in the lab of Dr. Carlos Simmerling, using molecular dynamics to investigate protein structure and folding.

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Brain Imaging May Help Predict Obesity and Self-Control Issues

A study led by SBU's Anat Biegon is the first to show a direct correlation between aromatase (an enzyme) availability in the amygdala and body mass index.

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Category - Research

Undergraduate Researcher Natalie Lo Takes on Cancer Biology

AI Microgrid Researchers Aim to Increase Reliability and Safety of Power Grids

Adjunct Professor Stephen Schwartz Receives International Aerosol Fellow Award

ATLAS Experiment Upgrade Wins DOE Project Management Award

Alda Center to Bring Science to the Stage in Unique Livestream Performance

$1.7M NSF Grant to Help SBU Researchers Improve Quality of Life for Seniors

Climate Research May Help Reduce “Snail Fever” Worldwide

Four SBU Grad Students Win BNL Scholarship for Their Research

Low-Carb Diet Could Boost Brain Health, Study Finds

Lactose Tolerance Happened Quickly in Europe, Study Shows

BNL Summer Students Tackle COVID-19

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