Science Briefs – CUNY Podcasts
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A quick briefing from researchers and scientists from across the University community.

Spine-Tingling Research

“The brain has to talk to the spinal cord in order to make any kind of movement,” says Jack Martin, medical professor at the CUNY School of Medicine a...
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Brain Teaser

“I personally am very excited about this idea of brain decoding, this idea that we can measure brain activity and figure out where your thoughts are,”...
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Gardens Yes, Nitro No

“There’s a big movement … to change what people do in their yards,” says Peter Groffman, ecosystems professor at the CUNY Advanced Science Research Ce...
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Sex and the Single Mole Rat

The difference between a human and a naked mole rat? Genetically, not much, says College of Staten Island Associate Professor Dan McCloskey, whose foc...
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Grease Is the Word

Nobody seems to like brown grease, but if you heat it up enough, you’ve got something, says Medgar Evers College assistant chemistry professor Lawrenc...
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Give Him Some Space

Kim Kardashian may have broken the internet, but Lehman assistant astrophysics professor Matt O’Dowd has given a digital performance of The Quantum Ex...
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Get That Healthy Glow

Shining a certain kind of light on body tissue produces a glow that shows changes in the tissue, including cancer. The use of such biomedical optics w...
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Dainty Robot

Baruch associate biology professor David Gruber was at a National Geographic Explorers meeting showing video of deep sea coral reef research when a fe...
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Boom Box

“People that want to do us harm can hide dirty bombs inside cargo containers and try to get past security,” says York College physics professor Kevin ...
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