Scientists at City University of New York and Harvard University Team Up with UBS Asset Management to Establish a “New Calculus for Sustainable Investing”
Posted on February 1, 2018 in ASRC News, Environmental Sciences Initiative
NEW YORK, Feb. 1, 2018 – Scientists at The City University of New York (CUNY) and Harvard University, in partnership with UBS Asset Management, have developed a scientific framework to […]Microbe Cataloguing on a Mega Scale
Posted on January 29, 2018 in ASRC News, Environmental Sciences Initiative
Microbes are incredibly varied and key to earth’s biodiversity. Cataloging their abundance, composition, and characterization is a daunting task — one that has never been undertaken, until now. A groundbreaking […]Scientists Discover Process for Transitioning Two-Layer Graphene into a Diamond-Hard Material on Impact
Posted on December 18, 2017 in ASRC News, Nanoscience Initiative
The innovation could enable development of a range of flexible, impenetrable materials capable of protecting the body and fragile objects NEW YORK, (Dec. 18, 2017) — Imagine a material as flexible […]New Study Suggests the United States’ Power Supply Has the Capacity to be More Adaptable to Climate Change than Previously Predicted
Posted on October 30, 2017 in ASRC News, Environmental Sciences Initiative
NEW YORK, October 30, 2017 — Climate change scientists warn that the continued burning of fossil fuels is likely to cause major disruptions to the global climate system leading to […]Professor Xi Chen, of the ASRC’s Nanoscience Initiative, Invited to Future Leaders Program at the Science and Technology in Society Forum
Posted on October 26, 2017 in ASRC News, Nanoscience Initiative
Assistant Professor Xi Chen, a faculty member in the ASRC’s Nanoscience Initiative, participated in the the 14th Annual Meeting of Science and Technology in Society (STS) forum, held from September […]Groffman’s Study into Urban Ecosystem Homogenization published in Nature Ecology & Evolution
Posted on August 25, 2017 in ASRC News, Environmental Sciences Initiative
Expansion of urban, suburban and exurban land in the United States over the past several decades has led to neighborhoods in very different parts of the country featuring patterns of […]Top Photonics Researcher Andrea Alù Named a Director of the Advanced Science Research Center at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York
Posted on August 21, 2017 in ASRC News, Featured News, Photonics Initiative
Andrea Alù, renowned engineer and photonics researcher, has been named the founding director of the Photonics Initiative at the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at the Graduate Center of the […]Elbaum-Garfinkle joins ASRC Structural Biology Initiative as Assistant Professor
Posted on July 13, 2017 in ASRC News, Structural Biology Initiative
Shana Elbaum-Garfinkle has joined the faculty of the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) of the Graduate Center, CUNY as the fourth and final tenure-track faculty member with the ASRC’s Structural […]The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Advanced Science Research Center of the City University of New York Launch Inter-Institutional Glial Biology Initiative
Posted on June 23, 2017 in ASRC News, Neuroscience Initiative
Multidisciplinary initiative is the first of its kind in New York City NEW YORK, June 23, 2017 – The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (ISMMS) and the Advanced […]Rein Ulijn Featured on Science Friday Podcast Discussing His Recent Research on Melanin
Posted on June 9, 2017 in 5x5 Anniversary Feature, ASRC in the News, Nanoscience Initiative
Melanin produced by your body isn’t something you can change at will. But a group of researchers with the ASRC Nanoscience Initiative have developed a melanin-like substance that can be tuned to different shades—darker or lighter—to confer UV protection. […]