under the microscope Archives

Graduate computer science students develop app for people with ALS

Maya BrownNewsFebruary 19, 2019February 24, 2019

A team of Stony Brook students designed an app that can help improve quality of life for people with ALS and other neuromuscular diseases.

SBU anthropologist publishes his findings on the world’s smallest ape species

Charles ScottNewsNovember 30, 2018December 3, 2018

A paper published in the December 2018 edition of the Journal of Human Evolution explores the potential reason behind why the world’s smallest known ape species went extinct.

SBU researchers receive $1.2 million to develop technology that studies human eye movement

Joe McQueenNewsNovember 28, 2018November 30, 2018

A team of researchers from Stony Brook University received a $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation to develop technology that can analyze patterns in human eye movement to help predict where people direct their attention. Researchers from the department of computer science and the department of psychology have teamed up to work on this project.

SBU researchers make new discoveries about creation of Mars’ moons

Joe McQueenNews Top StoryOctober 30, 2018November 30, 2018

Researchers from the Department of Geosciences published a study in September with evidence that suggests Mars’ moons may have been created by a large impact on the planet after rocks…

Professor Alan Calder discusses the possibility of life in the universe

Abhishek CherathNewsOctober 8, 2018November 30, 2018

According to Calder, the elements required in order to create life are carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and hydrogen. These form the building blocks of organic compounds which constitute all living organisms.

Dr. Christopher Gobler gives lecture on harmful algal blooms

Samantha RobinsonNewsOctober 8, 2018November 30, 2018

Some of the factors that Gobler attributes to the expansion of HABs are anthropogenic nutrient loading — the process of nutrients entering an ecosystem due to human activity — and climate change.

Columbia University professor gives lecture on Lyme disease

Doyeon Jean JangNewsSeptember 28, 2018November 30, 2018

Associate Professor of Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Biology at Columbia University, Dr. Maria Diuk-Wasser, visited Stony Brook University to give a seminar titled, “Lyme Disease Emergence: A Coupled Natural and Human System” on Wednesday, Sept. 26.

CEAS dean works to harvest renewable energy from sandy rivers

Abhishek CherathFeatured NewsSeptember 28, 2018November 30, 2018

Dean of the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Fotis Sotiropoulos, has spent the last 10 years on a mission to expand the use of hydropower in the United States.

SBU researchers find illegal shark fin trade is still thriving despite regulations

Sara RubergFeatured News Top StorySeptember 28, 2018November 30, 2018

A team of researchers from the School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences (SoMAS) concluded that many endangered species of sharks are still commonly found in the shark fin trade despite international protection.

Hurricane Florence was worsened by climate change

Brianne LeddaFeatured News Top StorySeptember 23, 2018March 18, 2020

The climate model was initialized while Florence was happening and it was run for only seven days, an unusually short period of time for climate models. Although it wasn’t the first time scientists tried to calculate the impact of climate change based on the severity of extreme natural events, it was the first time it was done while the storm was happening.