How One Architect Turned Albania’s Dark History Into Art
City College Prof. Elisabetta Terragni and her team transformed the abandoned headquarters of Albania's old secret police into a beautiful museum. Read more ›
‘How to Live a Good Life’ Is a Guide to Choosing Your Personal Philosophy
"How to Live a Good Life" is billed as a “guide to choosing your personal philosophy.” From religions to ancient tenets, each chapter examines a different way of thinking. Read more ›
A Starting Point for Treating a Challenging Infection
Infections from Clostridium difficile bacterium, or C. diff, kill 13,000 people each year. Now, a new study could help pave the way for new drugs to fight off the bacterium. Read more ›
New Insights Could Mean Longer-Lasting Drugs with Less Side Effects
A growing understanding of G protein-coupled receptor signaling could allow scientists to create pharmaceuticals that are both longer lasting and have fewer side effects. Read more ›
Developments in Optical Waves Could Lead to New Lasers
Optical waves—light waves with frequencies near those of visible light—are hard to contain. But researchers have developed a new way to trap optical waves on demand. Read more ›
Climate Change Could Seriously Impact Our Electrical Grid
Rising global temperatures could make our electrical grid less reliable — and scientists say we must take climate action now to prevent it. Read more ›
From Hola to Konnichiwa: The Spanish Speakers of Japan
In her new book, Professor Araceli Tinajero documents the subculture that emerged after some 80,000 Spanish speakers of Japanese heritage returned to Japan. Read more ›
‘Middlemarch’ and George Eliot’s Scientific Aspirations
A new essay by City College of New York Prof. Renata Kobetts Miller takes a deeper look at George Eliot's 1872 masterpiece Middlemarch. Read more ›
Photonics Breakthrough: New LED Material Could Lead to ‘Li-Fi’ Network
It's billed as a significant breakthrough in photonics: the creation of a light-emitting diode (LED) consisting of light and matter quasiparticles in atomically thin materials. Read more ›