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‘How to Live a Good Life’ Is a Guide to Choosing Your Personal Philosophy

February 18, 2020

| The City College of New York, The Graduate Center

"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

February 10, 2020

| The City College of New York, The Graduate Center

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 ›

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New Insights Could Mean Longer-Lasting Drugs with Less Side Effects

December 18, 2019

| The City College of New York, The Graduate Center

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 ›

Laser experiment in photonics laboratory.

Developments in Optical Waves Could Lead to New Lasers

December 17, 2019

| The City College of New York, The Graduate Center

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 ›

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Climate Change Could Seriously Impact Our Electrical Grid

December 16, 2019

| The City College of New York, The Graduate Center

Rising global temperatures could make our electrical grid less reliable — and scientists say we must take climate action now to prevent it. Read more ›

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From Hola to Konnichiwa: The Spanish Speakers of Japan

December 2, 2019

| The City College of New York, The Graduate Center

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

November 22, 2019

| The City College of New York

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 ›

Schematic of a half-light- half-matter quasiparticle based LED developed in Vinod Menon's group using atomically thin materials.

Photonics Breakthrough: New LED Material Could Lead to ‘Li-Fi’ Network

October 31, 2019

| The City College of New York, The Graduate Center

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 ›

Missouri River is seen curving its way through hilly terrain dotted with trees in Northern Montana against a mountainous backdrop

What A River’s History Can Teach Us

October 28, 2019

| The City College of New York

Knowing the history of a river's flow can help us understand droughts and other phenomena related to water, weather, and the environment. Read more ›