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Geographic Information Systems (GIS) make it easy to see the relationships between different datasets and are a powerful tool for researchers. (NASA)

NISAR will enable time series analyses of Earth's land surface change in unprecedented detail. (NASA)

The two units have complementary research objectives—one is specialized to conduct on-site measurements of aerosol samples, the other to examine the chemical composition of samples. (Brookhaven National Lab)

Speeding through nearly everything are trillions of mysterious particles commonly known as cosmic rays. (Phys.org)

Particleland is a sovereignty of paradoxes, because on the quantum scale, nothing is as it seems. (World Science Festival)

What comes after the Higgs boson discovery? (Brookhaven National Lab)

A new mathematical algorithm has been developed that clarifies, or "fits", optical patterns that emerge from the scanning x-ray microscope. (Phys.org)

 John Smedley has been researching and designing novel accelerator photocathodes for 20 years. (DOE Pulse)

As part of the Nonproliferation and National Security Department (NNS), Bolotnikov developed compact high-resolution semiconductor detectors capable of sensing high-energy x-rays and gamma rays at room temperature. (BNL)

Alexey Kashpershky's 3D HIV images won first prize in the autoPACK Visualization Challenge. (A&U Magazine)

Yeasayer's new music video was shot in the world's trippiest laboratory. (Wired)

Mark Morrisroe's work lodges in your psyche. It finds purchase in the space between the conscious and unconscious, the real and surreal—a space he himself often seems to expose in his photographs and films.  (A&U Magazine)

Accelerating scientific discovery by taking an interdisciplinary approach to studying the brain. (NYU Langone)

Researchers work to identify new ways to track, prevent, and combat infections caused by pathogens that are resistant to medicine. (NYU Langone)

Harnessing the immense potential of contemporary genetic technologies and gene discoveries to reveal new knowledge about human biology and the causes of disease. (NYU Langone)

Integrating surface electromyography into clinical practice may improve rehabilitative care for individuals with spinal cord injury. (Kessler Foundation)

Robotic-exoskeleton assisted exercise rehabilitation is likely an effective intervention, and is a promising therapy for improving the lives of those with MS. (Kessler Foundation)

Performing daily sessions of prism adaptation therapy during rehabilitation results in higher functional and cognitive independence scores for stroke survivors.  (Kessler Foundation)

Technological interventions that can transform the body and mind beyond its “natural” state have in recent years become not just feasible but commonplace. (Columbia Magazine)

Jason Padgett was diagnosed as having acquired savant syndrome with mathematical synesthesia, the first documented case in medical history. (World Science Festival)

For more than a decade I wrote pop sci reviews for Kirkus, covering titles by Neil deGrasse Tyson, Janna Levin,  Malcolm Gladwell, Adam Frank, Neil Shubin, and many more. (Kirkus Reviews)

In sharp contrast to its subdued, business-like Wall Street surroundings, Jean Dubuffet’s delightfully abstract “Group of Four Trees” graces the Chase Manhattan Bank Plaza, sharing space with Isamu Noguchi’s “Sunken Garden.” (NY Metro)

A largely overlooked artistic gem, the 60-ton “Bust of Sylvette” resides among three I.M. Pei-designed residential towers in NYU’s Bleeker Street courtyard.   (NY Metro)

I wrote two columns for NY Metro: NYC Outside, a spotlight on NYC public sculpture; and NYC: Did You Know?, a spotlight on NYC architecture. (NY Metro)