Nicole A. Burrowes, Chris A. Eng, and Conor Tomás Reed
Nicole A. Burrowes, Chris A. Eng, and Conor Tomás Reed were named Career Enhancement Fellows by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation. Read more
No social distancing for naked mole rats. Instead, they pile on top of each other in large groups to sleep inside their nest. Scientists think the gene that necessitates this behavior to prevent panic response and seizures in these animals may also play a role in certain human neurological conditions. (Photo credit: Roland Gockel)
A Gene Mutation that Prevents Mole-Rats from Social Distancing May Provide Clues for Treating a Variety of Neurological Disorders Read more
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Reacting to growing concerns over the potential for airborne transmission of the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, physicists with The Graduate Center, CUNY and Lehman College have released a paper calculating the potential for saliva droplets, which can carry the virus, to travel distances greater than six feet. Read more
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
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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
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
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
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
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