Study unravels a hormonal whodunit

A new study debunks long-held assumptions about a pivotal protein in the production of steroids, which could open the door for better diagnosis and treatment of steroid hormone disorders.

Volunteers assemble hygiene kits for girls

More than 150 people, including many students, helped make hygiene kits to ship to girls around the world by the organization Day for Girls. Eight students organized the event.

All in the family: Dinner tables linked to less obesity

Beyond plate size and calorie and carbohydrate counts, the war against obesity may have a better front – the dinner table.

Parents could be clueless about risky online behavior

While only 11 percent of parents thought their child had experienced being cyberbullying, 30 percent of the children said they had.

Scars of childhood poverty found in adult brain scans

The chronic stress of childhood poverty can trigger physical changes that have lifelong psychological effects, a study of adult brains has shown.

Academia: Loosen patent protection for diseases of poor

Universities should share discoveries crucial to combating diseases plaguing people in poverty, assert two Cornell scientists in a special issue of Nature.

With incubator’s help, ArcScan may see clear success

ArcScan, which signed on as the newest tenant Oct. 15 at Cornell's Kevin M. McGovern Family Center for Venture Development incubator, becomes the first company there whose medical device was developed at Weill Cornell Medical College.

Wood chips could help cleanse farm field run-off

Large square trenches filled with wood chips and buried in farm fields have been found to act as a natural filtration system, researchers have found.

Sera Young wins Margaret Mead award

Sera Young, Ph.D. ’08, a research scientist in the Division of Nutritional Sciences, has been awarded the 2013 annual Margaret Mead Award, considered one of the most prestigious anthropology awards for junior faculty or scholars.