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Long Island City, NY—LaGuardia Community College’s 2011 physical therapist assistant graduates received a 90.3% pass rate on the national licensure exam.  Twenty graduates passed the National Physical Therapy Examination, which tests the basic knowledge and skills necessary for safe and effective entry-level physical therapist assistants (PTA), and all are now employed. “LaGuardia has a nationally-respected [...]

A new study conducted by researchers at Lehman College, and recently published in the American Heart Association’s journal Hypertension, shows conclusively that overfeeding causes increases in sympathetic nerve activity (SNA)—part of the fight or flight reflex—which can lead to the development of high blood pressure.

Last May, in a joint research project involving QC, the Wildlife Conservation Society, and the New York City Parks Department, graduate student George Jack­man (Biology) documented the presence of juvenile glass eels in the Bronx River. “It was the first time they were reported in the Bronx,” says Jackman, whose data will support efforts to reverse depletion of the local eel population.

A fishermen’s hut (verbúð in Icelandic) from the first part of the 15th century was discovered during archaeological research at Gufuskálavör on Snæfellsnes peninsula this summer. It is likely the first verbúð from that period to be excavated in its entirety.

Ever wanted to catch someone in a lie? In a new study, Television Viewing and the Ability to Detect Deception, Baruch College Professor Brian Householder and Dr. Norman Wong explain how particular television programs may enhance your ability to detect deception.

When shopping for honey, have you ever wondered what the difference is between one variety and another? Are there kinds that are better to use for cooking and others for eating?

JULIA BLUHM, a 14-year-old in Waterville, Me., got angry looking at all the perfect models in Seventeen magazine, with their digitally retouched skin and super thin waistlines.

“New York is a city of contrasts,” the analysis began. “An amazing, infinite, inspiring, shocking, beautiful, ugly, old, new city of seven million plus.” Seven decades later, it still is. The same adjectives apply, but the city is even bigger: The population has grown to a record 8.3 million.

A snapshot of Manhattan’s neighborhoods from 70 years ago can now be explored on the Welcome to 1940s New York website.

By Alexander Abad-Santos June 4, 2012 The City University of New York’s project on 1940s New York launched today charting 1940s Censu-..ooooh my gosh $30 dollar rent!  Whew, sorry, got distracted there. Where were we? CUNY’s  Center for Urban Research launched a project entitled Welcome to 1940s New York today–a look socioeconomic climate of the city in [...]

Vasily Kolchenko, associate professor of biological sciences at New York City College of Technology (City Tech), is a key player on a research team that recently made a breakthrough with enormous potential significance for the treatment of serious diseases.

It’s been a little over a month since Hurricane Sandy devastated the Northeast Coast, and Queens College
geologists Nicholas K. Coch and Stephen Pekar predict that a bigger, more potent storm is on the
horizon.

Rose madder – a natural plant dye once prized throughout the Old World to make fiery red textiles – has found a second life as the basis for a new “green” battery.

Chemists from The City College of New York teamed with researchers from Rice University and the U.S. Army Research Laboratory to develop a non-toxic and sustainable lithium-ion battery powered by purpurin, a dye extracted from the roots of the madder plant (Rubia species).

Scientists from The City College of New York and Rice University used purpurin, a dye extracted from the rose madder root, to power an environmentally friendly battery. The goal is to develop a non-toxic and sustainable lithium-ion battery. On December 11, 2012, the researchers reported their results in Nature’s online and open access publication, Scientific Reports.

For some time, researchers have known about disparities in diagnoses and outcomes among breast cancer patients based on race and age. However, they have been challenged to develop a set of criteria that can be used to reliably target drug delivery mechanisms based on an individual patient’s tumor.

Plant hardiness zones and climate change By Barbara Damrosch December 12, 2012 The year 2012 began with a revision of the USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map, replacing one that came out in 1990. It’s a pretty cool map. As before, its zones are based on average lowest annual winter temperature, but thanks to advances in [...]

A new review of century-old letters between two of the world’s leading physicists suggest dark energy was proving an headache well before it was discovered.

Rose madder – a natural plant dye once prized throughout the Old World to make fiery red textiles – has found a second life as the basis for a new “green” battery.

In an effort to help reduce the shortage of highly qualified science and math teachers working in New York City secondary schools, The City College of New York School of Education has established the Robert Noyce Teacher Academy Scholars Program (CCNY Noyce TA Scholars Program). The program will prepare 42 undergraduate STEM majors (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) for careers teaching grades 7 – 12 in urban schools.

A seven-student team from CSI has garnered second-place honors in the Little Fe track of the SC12 international student computer cluster competition in Salt Lake City, UT. View photos online: http://csitoday.com/?p=430680 Team leader Dr. Michael Kress, who is also CSI Vice President for Technology Systems, commented, “The team’s months of preparation  provided them with the expertise [...]