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An innovative major in the College of Arts & Sciences is being expanded and refined to highlight its combination of science, social science and the humanities and its relevance to careers today.

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Stress hormone timing creates a different kind of obesity

Obesity caused by disrupted stress-hormone rhythms is metabolically very different from obesity caused by a high-fat diet, according to new research.

Device gives first view of animal brain activity in the field

Researchers will be able to track the brainwaves of animals as they move in natural habitats and interact with each other – complex behaviors that have been impossible to study in the lab.

Antifungal therapy restores gut microbiome in IBD patients

A commonly used systemic antifungal medication may help reduce symptoms in a subset of patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

Model helps scientists build better protein-degrading therapies

A team of Weill Cornell Medicine investigators has developed a computer model that will help scientists more efficiently develop protein-destroying therapies, a newer type of treatment that is particularly promising for cancer. 

Folic acid does not elevate formaldehyde in mice and humans

Folic acid does not elevate toxic formaldehyde in the body, according to a new study on mice and human cancer patients who consumed high doses. 

Tuberculosis transmission may hold key to prevention

Tuberculosis bacteria released into the air from infected individuals dry out to form infectious particles that are second only to measles in contagiousness, Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have found.

Developing a genetic toolkit for manipulating intestinal microbes

The ability to genetically manipulate these microbes could lead to a better understanding of the role they play in human physiology and diseases.

Research Matters returns, following ideas from the lab to real life 

The second season of Research Matters, a Cornell video podcast, drops today, with a way-too-relevant episode on why we don't always do the things we know we should.