Posted on November 22, 2019 in 5x5 Anniversary Feature, ASRC News
The day-long event provided an opportunity for the CUNY community and other stakeholders to celebrate the growth and success of interdisciplinary science across the University during the CUNY ASRC’s first five years. […]
Posted on July 1, 2019 in 5x5 Anniversary Feature, ASRC in the News, Neuroscience Initiative
Shereen weighed in on a new Nature Physics paper outlining how a group of researchers were able to use MRI and a scanning tunnel microscope to image on the atomic scale. […]
Posted on May 6, 2019 in 5x5 Anniversary Feature, ASRC in the News, Environmental Sciences Initiative
Maple trees need to be about 40 years old before they can be tapped for syrup, but a recent study suggests that the changing climate is a threat to that process of growth and renewal, said ASRC researcher Andrew Reinmann in The New York Times. […]
Posted on February 19, 2019 in 5x5 Anniversary Feature, ASRC in the News, Neuroscience Initiative
Popular Science has featured a recent study from the lab of ASRC Neuroscience Initiative Director Patrizia Casaccia on Climate change’s growing threat to the mental health of newborns whose mothers were victims of severe storms, floods, wildfires and other climate disasters. […]
Posted on October 25, 2018 in 5x5 Anniversary Feature, ASRC in the News, Environmental Sciences Initiative
Local governments can take steps to resist federal rollback of legislation meant to protect the climate, writes ASRC Environmental Science Initiative Professor Peter Groffman. […]
Posted on March 14, 2018 in 5x5 Anniversary Feature, ASRC in the News, Structural Biology Initiative
A recent Nature article explores biologists’ growing understanding of how liquid phase separation might impact the development of diseases in cells. “[…] scientists around the world have jumped on the idea that phase separation can explain how cells partition the molecules swarming inside them,” said Dr. Shana Elbaum-Garfinkle […]
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. […]