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• 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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• Epigenetics and the Promise of New ALS Treatments

  Professor Mariana Torrente is at the forefront of research that could lead to new therapeutics for the fatal neurodegenerative disease. Read more

• 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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• Breast Cancer Breakthrough: A 'Toggle Switch' That Controls Metastasis and Growth

  The discovery by Professor Susan Rotenberg and other researchers could make breast cancer easier to manage and treat.  Read more

• Superstorm Sandy Study Shows Climate Change Poses a Significantly Greater Risk of Mental Health Challenges for Children Born to Depressed Mothers

  Babies born to mothers with prenatal depression and exposure to natual disaster-related stress are at greater risk for mood and temperament problems, says a new study Read more

• Graduate Center, CUNY Researchers Link Overexpression of the MDMX Protein to Metastasis of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

  In a newly published paper in the journal Breast Cancer Research, scientists at The Graduate Center of The City University of New York and Hunter College are the first to report that the MDMX protein promotes metastasis of triple-negative breast cancer. Read more

• Researchers Establish Principles Governing the Transmission of Light-Delivered Data Through Nonreciprocal Circuitry

  ASRC Photonics Initiative team publish a theory aimed at advancing development of optical circuitry Read more

• What Stops Community College Students from Getting a Bachelor’s Degree?

  With a $550,000 Mellon Foundation grant, Professor Alexandra Logue and other CUNY researchers aim to identify the obstacles community college students in the humanities face in their quest for a bachelor’s. Read more