How to help prevent the flu this winter
If you have been on a distant planet, you may not know that we are in the middle of the flu season. The rest...
SBU’s Clinton Rubin shakes up the immune system
One way to shake up an immune system may be, in fact, to shake up the immune system.
Clinton Rubin, the chairman of the Department...
Iron deficiency: it’s not what you think
This week, I thought it would appropriate to talk about the significance of low iron, since I wrote about iron overload last week. The...
BNL’s Milind Diwan a part of a major collaboration
If two armies of twins fought against each other with identical protective gear and equally fatal weapons, the result would likely be fatal for...
The dangers of excess iron in the body
Iron is contained in most of the foods that we eat. It is needed for proper functioning of the body and plays an integral...
Horsin’ around: Piecing together history of Terryville race track
It’s been some 130 years, but the half-mile loop the horses raced is still visible, though it’s coated in layers of leaves.
The path in...
CSH’s Z. Josh Huang studies ‘chandelier’ cells
Someone whose opinion he trusted told him he was going in the wrong direction. Every indication for years suggested success was as elusive four...
SBU’s Alex Orlov studies energy and the environment
When he was in secondary school, Alex Orlov and his family had to take an unusual device with them to shop. While his parents...
Sandy Feinberg to leave Middle Country Public Library
Visitors to the Middle Country Public Library may find it hard to imagine what the library would look like today if Sandra Feinberg had...
BNL’s Anze Slosar looks at how the universe behaves
Anze Slosar has his head in the clouds. No, not the ones that drop rain or that provide a welcome respite from the sun...
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