Morgan State University, a Baltimore, Maryland Carnegie R2 doctoral research institution,

offers more than 100 academic programs and awards degrees at the Bacclureate, Masters, and Doctoral

Levels, is furthering their mission of growing the future leading the world.

Morgan continues to address the needs and challenges of the modern urban environment.

With a four-year quadrupling

of research, more than a dozen new doctoral programs, and eight new National Centers of Excellence,

Morgan is positioned to achieve Carnegie R1 designation in the next five years. To learn more about

Morgan and their ascension to R1, visit morgan.edu slash research.

This podcast is supported by the Icon School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, one of America's leading research medical schools.

Icon Mount Sinai is the academic arm of the eight hospital Mount Sinai health system in New York City.

It's consistently among the top recipients of NIH funding. Researchers at ICONMount Sinai have made breakthrough discoveries in many

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cardiology, neuroscience, and artificial intelligence.

The Icon School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, we find a way.

This is the science podcast for December 15th, 2023. I'm Sarah Crespi.

First up this week, it's Science's Breakthrough of the Year with producer Megan Cantwell and news editor Greg Miller. And before they

get to the tippy top science find, we'll hear about a few of this year's runners-up. After that,

researcher Jen Tinsman joins me to discuss putting a stop to pangolin trafficking with genetics.

These scaly little guys are the most trafficked mammals in the world, and researchers can now use

DNA from their scales to find poaching hotspots.

Well, it's almost the end of the year, which means it's time for one of science's longest

traditions, which is the breakthrough of the year. In different fields of science, we highlight a

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