Researchers Define Structure of Key Enzyme Implicated in Cancer, Neurological Disease

A Stony Brook University-led team of researchers has determined the structure of a key enzyme involved with cell growth regulation in cancer and neurodegenerative diseases, including Alzheimer’s disease.
27-Jun-2017 4:55 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Beyond the Lab: Workshop Hosted by Top Media Publication & Alan Alda’s Center Transforms Scientists and Engineers into Storytellers

Scientific American and the Alan Alda Center for Communicating Science at Stony Brook University are teaming up for a free online workshop aimed at helping scientists and engineers write blogs and op-eds for magazines, newspapers and other news...
26-Jun-2017 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

New Measures of Aging May Show 70 Is the New 60

A new Stony Brook University-led study uses new measures of aging to scientifically illustrate that one’s actual age is not necessarily the best measure of human aging itself, particularly in relation to population aging.
20-Jun-2017 5:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Study Links Late-Night Tweeting by NBA Players to Worse Game Performance

Preliminary data from a new study suggests that NBA players had worse personal statistics in games that followed a late-night tweet between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m.
1-Jun-2017 5:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Mars Rover Reveals Ancient Lake with Properties Common to Those on Earth

New findings based on NASA’s Curiosity rover mission reveal that an ancient lake in Gale Crater on Mars had chemical and physical properties very similar to those common to lakes on Earth.
30-May-2017 3:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Stony Brook University Celebrates 57th Commencement Ceremony

Words of encouragement, wisdom and sage advice prevailed from all who addressed the class of 2017 during the 57th Commencement Ceremony at Stony Brook University today, including honorary degree recipients Michael J. Fox and Jonathan Oringer, Stony...
19-May-2017 4:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Study Reveals Prevalence of Women with Heart Disease Delivering Babies Is Increasing

A study of more than 80,000 women with heart disease from 2003 to 2012 reveals that the prevalence of women with heart disease delivering babies increased by 24 percent over that 10-year period.
12-May-2017 11:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Breaking Climate Change Research (Embargoed) Shows Global Warming Making Oceans More Toxic

Climate change is predicted to cause a series of maladies for world oceans including heating up, acidification, and the loss of oxygen. A newly published study published online in the April 24 edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of...
21-Apr-2017 12:30 PM EDT Add to Favorites