Models developed by university experts predict that the combination of a highly vaccinated campus population and public safety measures, including masks and testing, will minimize the risk of virus spread this fall. Read more
The degree to which the brain’s wiring aligns with its patterns of activity can vary with sex and age, and may be genetic, suggests a study published by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The study finds that this alignment may also have implications on cognition. The results published in Nature Communications help shed light on one of the biggest mysteries in biology—how the brain works, according to senior author Dr. Amy Kuceyeski, associate professor of mathematics in the Department of Radiology and in neuroscience in the Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute at Weill Cornell... Read more
Sixteen student veterans participated in a virtual Cornell academic boot camp to help them transition into higher education. Read more
Goldman began the job in July and will serve a one-year term while on sabbatical from the Union of Concerned Scientists, where she is the research director for the Center for Science and Democracy. Read more
The fellowship is a merit-based, full-tuition award granted to students with potential for significant contributions to engineering. Read more
Cornell researchers and their collaborators will continue to advance quantum science and technology thanks to $5.4 million in new funding from the U.S. Department of Energy to support two projects. Read more
‘Blue hydrogen – made by using methane in natural gas – is lauded a clean, Cornell and Stanford researchers believe it may harm the climate more than burning fossil fuel. Read more
Cornell researchers are proposing a new way to modulate both the absorptive and the refractive qualities of metamaterials in real time, and their findings open intriguing new opportunities. Read more
M.Eng. alum Bayan Alturkestani, founder of Conan MedTech Corps, is developing a diagnostic device for mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI) — and earning significant recognition along the way. Read more
Besides a stray feline Roomba, very few people are investing energy into putting clothes on robots. Researchers from Cornell Tech and NYU say that now’s the time to think more actively about when, how and why we would dress them Read more
