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Studying Fragile Marine Life with a Glove-Controlled Robotic Arm

Marine biologists and engineers partnered to create a glove-controlled robotic arm that can go deeper than any diver. Plus, its fluid, flexible design limits harm to delicate marine life. Read more ›

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Study Finds Abortion Providers Carefully Follow Medical Guidelines

| Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy

Two new studies published in the journal Contraception have found that the vast majority of abortion providers carefully follow evidence-based guidelines when performing first- and second-trimester abortions. “ Read more ›

Concept of mutating cancer cells in ovarian cyst

Defining Ovarian Cancer Subtypes for Better Treatment

| Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy

Clarifying the distinctions between molecular subtypes of cancer could pave the way for more accurate prognoses as well as therapies tailored to each subtype. Read more ›

$Nerve fibers. Colored scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of fractured myelinated nerve fibers.$

A Two-Faced Protein: Dr. Jekyll in Normal Cells, Mr. Hyde in Tumors

| The Graduate Center

Myelin insulates nerve fibers, but scientists still don't fully understand how it forms. A new study elucidates another step in the process. Read more ›

A blue truck sits parked on the left side of a dirt road in North Kenya

Could Self-Tests Curb HIV in Kenyan Truckers?

| Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy

A study found that when drivers were given the option of HIV self-testing, they took advantage of it. Read more ›

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Busting a Belief About How Memories Are Made

| The City College of New York

A recent study asked which of three brain areas — the hippocampus, the prefrontal cortex, or the nucleus accumbens — is the most important for memory formation. The results contradict popular thought on the matter. Read more ›

Cellular Messenger Particles Could Help Treat Cancer

| Hunter College, The Graduate Center

Leading specialists in nanotechnology and cancer research have uncovered a new piece of the metastasis puzzle that could lead to new therapies to impede the disease's spreads. Read more ›

A Breakthrough in Creating Biochips

| Hunter College, The Graduate Center

A new method of printing biochips could help researchers use smaller samples for experiments, and reduce the cost of such chips. Read more ›

Uncovering the Genes Linked to Our Motor Skills

| The City College of New York, The Graduate Center

As we develop, parts of our nervous systems reorganize and we learn to make more complex motions by flexing and extending opposing muscles in useful patterns. Read more ›