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Renowned biologist gives Darwin Day genetics lecture

Gary Ghayrat February 11, 2018
Hopi Hoekstra, Alexander Agassiz professor of zoology and curator of mammals in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, discussed scientist Charles Darwin, what he knew and what he didn’t know at the Earth and Space Sciences Building on Friday, Feb. 9, as part of the Living World Lecture Series of Science Open Nights.
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SoMAS wins $500K grant to protect endangered species

Brianne Ledda November 5, 2017
Scientists at Stony Brook University are developing a program that will help protect endangered marine species in northeastern states by predicting areas where they are at risk of accidentally being caught by fishermen.
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An artistic rendition of Planet X. PLANETUSER/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS VIA CC BY-SA 4.0

Under the Microscope: In search of the mysterious “Planet 9”

Gary Ghayrat October 1, 2017
The purpose of the project is to show users a collection of photos taken by NASA's Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) telescope over a certain time period; users can then help spot objects of interest.
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Dr. Brigitte Demes, along with two others, found humans had nearly 10 more degrees of total motion than chimpanzees. LUIS RUIZ DOMINGUEZ/THE STATESMAN

Under the Microscope: Study finds distinction between human and chimp feet

Taylor Ha March 2, 2017
The principal researcher wanted to find out how mobile chimpanzees are when they’re walking on two limbs, rather than climbing or knuckle-walking.
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Under the Microscope: Research helps doctors improve organ transplant viability

Under the Microscope: Research helps doctors improve organ transplant viability

Ryan Kawalerski September 8, 2016
Dr. Madhu Bhaskaran, principle investigator at the Kidney Transplant Center at Northwell Health on Long Island, is aiming to improve long-term kidney transplant viability.
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Under The Microscope: Research aims to find alternative methods of bone repair

Under The Microscope: Research aims to find alternative methods of bone repair

Ryan Kawalerski August 26, 2016
Researchers at the Stony Brook School for Dental Medicine are currently working on ways to increase the rate of bone growth and repair using bone grafts.
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Under The Microscope: Study finds that shark scales increase drag

Under The Microscope: Study finds that shark scales increase drag

Ruchi Shah April 16, 2016
A team led by Dr. Fotis Sotiropoulos, used computer modeling to visualize how water flows around the sheets of denticles found on shark skin.
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Under The Microscope: Scientists discover new type of particle

Under The Microscope: Scientists discover new type of particle

Ruchi Shah March 31, 2016
An international collaboration of scientists recently discovered a new particle, a type of tetraquark.
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Matthew Eisaman, Ph.D., center, in a laser lab at Brookhaven Lab with co-authors, from left, Nanditha Dissanayake, Yutong Pang and Ahsan Ashraf. PHOTO CREDIT: STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY

Under the Microscope: Using graphene and glass to create better devices

Ruchi Shah March 3, 2016
The lab of Matthew Eisaman, Ph.D., stumbled upon these unique properties of graphene when they set out to design more efficient lower cost solar cells.
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Stony Brook, NY; Stony Brook University: Assistant Professor in the School of Medicines Pharmacological Sciences Department Adan Aguirre, PhD (Front left) with members of his team Jianchos Gao (center front), Nadia McMillan (Right Front) and (rear Left to right) Michael Klingener, Dr. Javier Palazuelos, Manideep Chavali, and Israa Hussein with a projected image of a rare type of glial cells, called NG2 glia.

Under the Microscope: Study links NG2 glial cells to depression

Kenneth Wengler February 28, 2016
The researchers observed through the use of psychological tests that the mice with decreased NG2 glia in the prefrontal cortex presented depressive-like behaviors.
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Under the Microscope: Researchers identify link between oxidation and aging

Under the Microscope: Researchers identify link between oxidation and aging

Ruchi Shah February 18, 2016
A research team at Stony Brook University identified that many proteins associated with aging are damaged and destabilized by a process called oxidation.
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Under The Microscope: Professor discusses early Alzheimers diagnosis

Under The Microscope: Professor discusses early Alzheimer’s diagnosis

Kenneth Wengler February 10, 2016
A recent study lead by Brian Lebowitz, Ph.D., at Stony Brook University’s School of Medicine, has shed some light on the difficulty of early Alzheimer’s diagnosis.
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