Commercial astronauts shed light on flights’ health impacts

Changes that are longer-lasting and distinct between crew members reveal new targets for aerospace medicine and can guide new missions, according to the results of a massive international research endeavor.

Research explores biology of pregnancy-related mental health risk

By teasing out the biological mechanisms in pregnancy-related mental health disorders, investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine are laying the groundwork for new ways to detect and treat pregnant women and new mothers at risk.

Study finds home health aides struggle with mental health

Home health aides are vulnerable to stress, isolation and depressive symptoms, which impact their own health as well as their patients’ desire to age in place, according new research.

Precision laser surgery cuts focal epileptic seizure spread

An interdisciplinary Cornell research team has developed a new surgical technique that blocks the spread of focal epileptic seizures in the brain by making precise incisions with femtosecond laser pulses.

Astrocytes induce sex-specific effects on memory

Weill Cornell Medicine scientists have uncovered the first evidence that astrocyte receptors can trigger opposite effects on cognitive function in male and female preclinical models.

Identifying the initial steps in colorectal cancer formation

Research led by Weill Cornell Medicine provides new evidence that most colorectal cancers begin with the loss of intestinal stem cells, even before cancer-causing genetic alterations appear.

Cornell Tech Announces Winners of its 2024 Startup Awards

Cornell Tech awarded four student startup companies with investments worth $100,000 each in its eleventh annual Startup Awards competition. The award includes $80,000 in pre-seed funding.

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Cornell Tech Launches Security, Trust, and Safety Initiative

Cornell Tech has launched a Security, Trust, and Safety Initiative, leveraging Cornell University’s world-leading academic faculty in computer security, digital safety, policy, ethics and law.

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Molecular sensor tracks energy use at the subcellular level

Researchers have developed and tested a high-resolution sensor for tracking the real-time dynamics of adenosine triphosphate levels in cells and within subcellular compartments.

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