School cafeterias that accept only electronic payments may be inadvertently promoting junkier food and adding empty calories to student diets, which contribute to obesity, say Cornell behavioral economists.
Julius Lucks, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, and Marco Seandel, assistant professor of cell and developmental biology in surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, are NIH "New Innovators."
A new study finds that wine drinkers may over pour due to factors including the size, shape and color of a wine glass and whether wine is poured on a surface rather than in hand.
A memorandum of understanding between Cornell and the Keystone Foundation was signed Sept. 23 that establishes the Nilgiris Field Learning Center in Kotagiri, Tamil Nadu, India.
Craig Fennie, assistant professor of applied and engineering physics, and Sheila Nirenberg, associate professor of physiology and biophysics at Weill Cornell Medical College, have been named 2013 MacArthur Fellows.
Associate professor of animal science Dan Brown, Ph.D. ’81, has recommended ways to reduce contamination of peanuts, a staple crop in the developing world.
Experts gathered at Cornell Sept. 17 for a daylong symposium on “Food Security in a Vulnerable World,” at which suggestions were offered to G20 leaders in absentia.
Brain regions associated with memory shrink as adults age, and this size decrease is more pronounced in those who go on to develop neurodegenerative disease, reports a new study by Cornell researchers.
