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
Joseph van der Naald (Photo courtesy of van der Naald)
Ph.D. candidate Joseph van der Naald takes on a proposed rule by the National Labor Relations Board that would affect the rights of some 81,000 graduate assistants at private colleges. Read more
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
Ph.D. candidate Eric Ramos uses a drone in Belize to study manatees. (Photos courtesy of Eric Ramos)
Eric Ramos uses drones to study hard-to-reach animals in Belize like the threatened mammal. 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
Professor Emily A. Jones condenses years of research and experience into accessible guides for parents and educators. 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
Nathan Connealy (Credit: The Graduate Center, Coralie Carlson)
Ph.D. student Nathan Connealy finds nuances in data and uses them to understand how legal marijuana sales affect crime and policing. Read more
Research by Professor Amédée des Georges at the Advanced Science Research Center could lead to longer lasting drugs that are less addictive and risky. Read more