Venomous Wasp Discovery Aids the Fight Against Insect-Borne Diseases
The findings could eventually lead to the development of new methods for treating emerging, infectious, insect-carried diseases. Read more ›
Microbes Offer Clues to a Healthier Planet
A large group of scientists from around the world, including ASRC research associate Bharath Prithiviraj, has taken on the enormous challenge of cataloging all the microbes on Earth. Read more ›
A New Way to Control Light Transmission May Improve Electronics
A team of researchers, including Professor Andrea Alù, have developed a new way to send a light wave in only one direction instead of two, opposite directions, breaking a physics principle known as reciprocity. Read more ›
Dolphins Recognize Themselves in the Mirror Before Babies Do
Babies show signs of recognizing themselves in the mirror at about 15 to 18 months of age. But dolphins can recognize themselves as young as 7 months old. Read more ›
With Suburbanization Comes Homogenization, Down to the Soil
Professor Peter Groffman explores how the development of suburbs, cities, and exurbs has smoothed out geographic differences across the United States in a study published by Nature Ecology & Evolution. Read more ›
Addiction, Schizophrenia, Dyslexia: All in the Family
Professor Jason Tougaw tells stories of his counterculture parents and explores his family’s experiences with addiction and schizophrenia, along with his own dyslexia, in The One You Get: Portrait of a Family Organism. Read more ›
New Hope for Treating Depression
Julia Castello, Ph.D. candidate in biochemistry at The Graduate Center, CUNY, explores how the protein CK2 could play a key role in changing the antidepressant landscape. Read more ›
Travel for Business at Your Own Risk
A new study co-authored by Professor Tracey Revenson has found that there are behavioral and mental health consequences for people who travel for business more than two weeks a month. Read more ›
A Better Life for Captive Birds of Prey? Try Scented Care Packages
New research co-authored by doctoral student Melissa Nelson Slater shows that the olfactory senses of birds of prey may be more important than expected. Read more ›