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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Professor Mariana Torrente is at the forefront of research that could lead to new therapeutics for the fatal neurodegenerative disease. Read more
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
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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The discovery by Professor Susan Rotenberg and other researchers could make breast cancer easier to manage and treat. Read more
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
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
ASRC Photonics Initiative team publish a theory aimed at advancing development of optical circuitry Read more
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
In their new book, Professors Elizabeth Jeglic and Cynthia Calkins analyze recent findings on therapies that can rehabilitate prisoners and those just out of jail. Read more