Rapid Changes in Lovejoy Comet’s Tail Observed
A team of astronomy researchers from Stony Brook University, the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, and Tsuru University are the first to reveal clear details about the rapidly changing plasma tail of the comet C/2013 R1 (Lovejoy). The...
6-Mar-2015 10:05 AM EST
New Technology Tracks Cell Lineage To Watch Evolution at Work
Evolution is change, and not always for the better. Evolution, in fact, is at the core of many of the diseases that are hardest to treat. Pathogens such as bacteria and parasites evade their host’s defenses or antimicrobial drugs through...
25-Feb-2015 1:00 PM EST
Stony Brook Physics Professor Awarded Sloan Research Fellowship
Lukasz Fidkowski, PhD, an assistant professor of physics in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Stony Brook University, has been selected to receive a 2015 Sloan Research Fellowship from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. He is one of 126...
23-Feb-2015 2:00 PM EST
Jane Fonda, Sheryl Sandberg, Gloria Steinen to Headline the International Conference on Mansculinities: Engaging Men and Boys For Gender Equality
The Center for the Study of Men and Masculinities (CSMM) at Stony Brook University will host the International Conference on Masculinities: Engaging Men and Boys for Gender Equality, a four-day symposium to encourage men’s activism in support of...
12-Feb-2015 1:00 PM EST
Research Team Finds How CBD, a Component in Marijuana, Works Within Cells
A team of Stony Brook University researchers have identified fatty acid binding proteins (FABPs) as intracellular transporters for two ingredients in marijuana, THC and CBD (cannabidiol). The finding, published early online in the Journal of...
11-Feb-2015 1:00 PM EST
Study Reveals Industrial Aerosol Emissions Has Changed the Relationship Between Temperature and Precipitation in the Northern Tropics
An international team of scientists, including Minghua Zhang, Dean and Director of Stony Brook University’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS), has found that man-made aerosol emissions from industrial processes have changed the...
9-Feb-2015 10:00 AM EST
Energy Secretary Moniz Dedicates the World’s Brightest Synchrotron Light Source
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Ernest Moniz today dedicated the world’s most advanced light source, the National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) at Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). The NSLS-II is a $912-million DOE Office of...
6-Feb-2015 4:00 PM EST
Women: Have Questions About Heart Disease?
Heart disease is often thought of as a health problem for men, but more and more women die of heart disease each year than men, and from any other disease including breast cancer. One challenge is that some heart disease symptoms in women may be...
3-Feb-2015 11:00 AM EST
Bracing for a Tough Flu Season
In early December, the Center of Disease Control officials warned that the year's flu season could result in more fatalities than in other years. CDC Director Tom Frieden noted that the dominant flu strain circulating this season, H3N2, tends to...
7-Jan-2015 10:00 AM EST
Decking the Halls Safely During the Holidays
It’s the ‘most wonderful time of the year’ – but it is also one of the busiest times of year for the Suffolk County Volunteer Firefighters Burn Center at Stony Brook University Hospital. As the holidays approach, doctors at the Burn Center...
12-Dec-2014 11:00 AM EST
Are Twitter & Facebook Causing People Not to Talk Anymore?
27-Oct-2014 2:00 PM EDT
Duty to Treat in a Time of Ebola? A Hard Question
17-Oct-2014 8:00 AM EDT
First Diagnosed Case of Ebola in the U.S., What Now?
A patient being treated at a Dallas hospital is the first person to be diagnosed with Ebola in the United States, health officials announced yesterday. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the unidentified man left...
1-Oct-2014 2:00 PM EDT
Tips For Breast Cancer Survivors on How to Cope With Changes
26-Sep-2014 3:00 PM EDT
What Is Enterovirus D68?
A respiratory virus that has sent hundreds of children to hospitals in Missouri is causing alarm across the Midwest and beyond. So far, ten states have contacted the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for help investigating clusters of the...
9-Sep-2014 2:10 PM EDT
What is Keeping Your Kids Up at Night?
Sleep, or lack thereof, and technology often go hand in hand when it comes to school-aged kids. Nearly three out of four children (72%) between the ages of 6 and 17 have at least one electronic device in their bedrooms while sleeping, according to a...
4-Sep-2014 4:00 PM EDT