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Buried Warm-Fluid Pavement Test: New loops keep asphalt ice-free; full-scale trials still needed

Stony Brook University researchers have developed an innovative approach to combat icy roads, utilizing heated pavement. By circulating warm fluid through loops beneath the asphalt, they aim to enhance winter road safety. Early testing indicates that this method can effectively prevent ice formation in severe cold. More studies are needed…

The Times of India · Oct 19

Meet Suborno Isaac Bari, the New York mathematics prodigy who began reciting the periodic table at 2, skipped five school grades and graduated high school at just 12

Suborno Isaac Bari has drawn attention for an extraordinary academic journey that began in early childhood. He memorized the periodic table at age 2, skipped five school grades and graduated from a Long Island high school at 12. Bari was also set to attend New York University to study mathematics…

The Economic Times · Sep 15

‘They’re likely to get squeezed’: AI slop books are flooding online marketplaces—and it’s coming at the expense of paychecks for human authors

A recent study found thousands of self-published books on Amazon that were at least 50% generated by AI.

Fortune · Sep 14

Researchers Challenge OpenAI Defence After Claiming ChatGPT Can Output Near-Verbatim Copies of Published Books

A new study claims finetuning AI models such as GPT-4o can extract up to 90% of copyrighted books, raising questions for ongoing copyright lawsuits.

International Business Times UK · Mar 28

The Ivies can weather the Trump administration’s research cuts – it’s the nation’s public universities that have the most to lose

Most of the media coverage of the federal government’s recent cuts in federal research money for universities has focused on its effects on a handful of elite Ivy League universities, such as Harvard, Columbia and Cornell.

The Conversation · Dec 11, 2025

"She pulls out these two long steel pins and I start screaming and she plunges them into her eyes": The acid-dazed adventures of the band that became Blue Öyster Cult

Blue Öyster Cult were one of the weirdest bands of the early 1970s, but they began even more strangely

Louder · Aug 26, 2025

29 Arrested At Stony Brook University Anti-Israel Protests

29 individuals arrested during anti-Israel protests at Stony Brook University. Demonstrations turned disruptive, leading to failed negotiations.

Top News · May 2, 2024

'Quantum memory breakthrough' may lead to a quantum internet

A new technique in quantum storage that operates at room temperature could pave the way for a quantum internet.

LiveScience · Feb 26, 2024

Stony Brook University gets $500 million from hedge fund founder who taught math there

Stony Brook University in New York will receive $500 million from a philanthropic foundation started by a hedge fund billionaire who once taught math there

The Independent UK · Jun 1, 2023