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• Reef-Building Coral Exhibiting 'Disaster Traits' Akin to the Last Major Extinction Event

  

  The stony coral (Oculina patagonica) after being exposed to acidic ocean condition (pH 7.4) after two months and four months. This shows how some coral species are able to adapt to more acidic, extinction-like conditions by transforming from colonial communities (top) to solitary existence. (Credit: Moaz Fine and Dan Tchernov)

  Newly published study details how corals are exhibiting dynamics similar to last big extinction 66 million years ago when the dinosaurs disappeared.  Read more

• A Targeted Therapy for Triple Negative Breast Cancer May Lie in Existing Drugs

  

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  Graduate Center researchers identify what could be the first targeted therapy for an aggressive form of breast cancer that disproportionately affects black women. Read more

• Climate Change and Deforestation Could Decimate Madagascar's Rainforest Habitat By 2070

  

  Ruffed lemurs are a keystone species whose survival is critical to the health and continuation of Madagascar’s eastern rainforest. A new study suggests strict anti-deforestation laws may be most immediately crucial to their and other species’ survival. (Source: Rabe Franck)

  A new study in Nature Climate Change has found that, left unchecked, the combined effects of deforestation and human-induced climate change could eliminate Madagascar’s entire eastern rainforest habitat by 2070. Read more

• The Graduate Center, CUNY Launches New Nanoscience Master’s Degree Program

  One of the only of its kind in the country, the program will help bridge the gap between undergraduate and doctoral studies and offer students access to The Graduate Center’s state-of-the-art nanoscience facilities at the Advanced Science Research Center. Read more

• Researchers Identify Glial Cells as Critical Players in the Brain’s Response to Social Stress ​

  The findings, detailed in an eLife journal paper, may explain why some individuals become depressed and others are resilient in the face of adverse experiences such as bullying or conflict.  Read more

• Empire State Development Awards Center for Advanced Technology Designation to The City University of New York

  Center for Advanced Technologies in Sensors for Exploration of Natural Systems and Environments will receive $8.8 million in funding across a 10-year term.  Read more

• Scientists Closer to Unraveling Mechanisms of Speech Processing in the Brain

  A new study on how the brain processes language may help scientists better understand autism spectrum disorder, schizophrenia, and other neurodevelopmental communications disorders.  Read more

• The Power of a Love Song: Scientists Find Dopamine Affects Seasonal Hearing in Fish and Facilitates Mating

  Scientists at The Graduate Center and Brooklyn College have discovered that seasonal changes in dopamine in the female plainfin midshipman fish’s inner ear helps their hearing sensitivity grow in the summer mating season, making them better able to hear the males’ mating calls.
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• Researchers Identify How the Bacterial Replicative Helicase Opens to Initiate the DNA Replication Process

  New research from scientists at the GC, the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC), and CCNY has solved the mystery of how the helicase ring threads around a single DNA strand in the replication process. Read more

• In the Internet Era, Geography Loses Influence, but Collaboration Still Holds Strong Sway in Shaping Hip-Hop and Dance Music Styles

  A new study analyzing drum sampling among artists in online communities suggests digital technology has changed the nature, but not weakened the importance, of collaboration
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