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A laser-molten drop of uranium dioxide (UO2) floats on a gas stream inside a water-cooled nuzzle. (PHOTO CREDIT: STONYBROOK.EDU)

Under the microscope: new research on molten uranium dioxide

Ricardo Raudales January 27, 2015
Nuclear power has been touted as one of the cleanest and greenest energy sources. Even so, the 2011 Fukushima meltdown demonstrated more could be done in the way of safety.
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Under the microscope: Biomedical engineer wins 2014 Collegiate Inventors Competition

Ricardo Raudales December 13, 2014
Unlike conventional vaccines, Immuno-Matrix is painless, can be self-administered and does not produce biohazardous waste. Yet it still has all the advantages of a skin delivery system.
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(PHOTO CREDIT : STONYBROOK.EDU)

Under the Microscope: Found mammalian skull could reshape current view of evolution

Ruchi Shah December 2, 2014
A team of scientists led by Stony Brook paleontologist David Krause discovered a mammalian skull in a block of sandstone in Madagascar that could reshape current understanding of mammalian evolution.
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(PHOTO CREDIT: MCT CAMPUS)

Under the microscope: challenges facing translational neuroscience

Ricardo Raudales November 24, 2014

The last couple of decades have been a golden age for neuroscience research, providing the first steps in understanding how the brain works and how it can go awry. Yet despite these advances on the “benchside,”...

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Sir Simon Donaldson, and SBU professor of mathematics, opened up a new area in the geometry of four dimensions. (PHOTO CREDIT : GERT-MARTIN GREUEL)

Under the microscope: professor wins Breakthrough Prize

Ruchi Shah November 18, 2014
Sir Simon Donaldson was awarded the $3 million Breakthrough Prize in Mathematics on Nov. 9 at a star-studded event in a former NASA airship station in Moffett Field, Calif.
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Scientists have started to get an idea about how helicase is loaded and how it functions in DNA replication machinery. (PHOTO CREDIT : MCT CAMPUS)

Under the microscope: unraveling a key component of DNA replication

Ricardo Raudales November 11, 2014
To better understand DNA replication, Huilin Li and his colleagues, along with Brookhaven scientists, teamed up with researchers from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory and Imperial College in London.
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Female basketball players tend to suffer from ACL injuries two to 10 times more than male counterparts. (HANAA TAMEEZ / THE STATESMAN)

Under the microscope: Injuries among college basketball players are due to daily stress on bodies

Ruchi Shah November 4, 2014
Athletes are often seen as the epitome of health, but repetitive actions in sports such as basketball can take a serious toll on the body.
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SBU professor Artem Oganov and his colleagues found that an old model of the surface of boron was flawed. (PHOTO CREDIT : MCT CAMPUS)

Under the microscope: Stony Brook scientists re-establish the model for the surface of boron

Ricardo Raudales October 28, 2014
In a recent study in Physical Review Letters, professor Artem Oganov and his colleagues found that the published surface structure for α-boron was flawed.
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(PHOTO CREDIT: RADHA PERUMAL RAMASAMY)

Under the microscope: Dr. Radha Perumal Ramasamy produces flame-retardant polymer and improves 3D visualization of cells

Ruchi Shah October 24, 2014
In one year, Dr. Radha Perumal Ramasamy published one paper, filed two patents and became a guest editor for a journal, all while pursuing research in energy materials and bionanosciences.
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President Samuel L. Stanley Jr. said the best way to stop Ebola in the United States is to stop Ebola in Africa. (MANJU SHIVACHARAN / THE STATESMAN)

Under the microscope: Spread of Ebola epidemic from Africa to the United States unlikely

Ruchi Shah October 7, 2014
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the total number of Ebola cases could reach 1.4 million by January if further intervention or community changes are not made.
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Under the Microscope: Quantum fluctuations in an unconventional superconductor at SBU

Ricardo Raudales October 2, 2014
While temperatures have started to drop on campus, they are nowhere near those being achieved in one professor’s laboratory.
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Under the microscope: the effects of napping on the human brain

Ruchi Shah September 25, 2014
All-nighters spent studying for exams and late night parties often leave students sleep deprived. Recent research outlines the benefits of napping and the ideal timing to get the most out of a nap.
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