Transitions at NYSAES pave the way for the future

Four Geneva-based faculty in the Department of Food Science will move to the Ithaca campus over the next two to three years.

Picture of health: a selfie that may save your life

With a new smartphone device, you can now take an accurate iPhone camera selfie that could save your life – it reads your cholesterol level in about a minute.

Cereal-bowl study updates Dickens: 'I want more!'

Extraverted schoolchildren serve more cereal to themselves - while youthful introverts take less - according to a study from the Cornell laboratory of Brian C. Wansink.

Researcher alters how ovarian syndrome is diagnosed

Studies by reproductive physiologist Marla Lujan are leading to new diagnosis guidelines for a condition called polycystic ovary syndrome, a leading cause of infertility.

School 'nutrition report cards' spur healthy choices

Step away from that ice cream sandwich: Point-of-sale technology may help students eating in school cafeterias refrain from devouring junky frozen treats, flavored drinks and potato chips when their parents receive “nutrition report cards.”

Secret-keeping is exhausting, psych study reveals

Stress from having to keep a secret - one’s sexual orientation, for example - can cause lapses in physical stamina, intellectual acuity, executive function and even email etiquette, according to a study by Cornell and Berkeley psychologists.

Biotech awards plant seeds for New York startups

Six new technologies received 2013 Center for Advanced Technology awards for feasibility and proof-of-concept research to enhance the commercial value of such innovations.

Sex abuse triggers early puberty and its problems

Sexually abused girls reach puberty before other girls, a new study finds, and early puberty increases their risk of having emotional problems.

Lab 'rats' respond to tax on unhealthy foods

Menu-price experiments by Cornell economists show that excise taxes on unhealthy foods might cut calories and cholesterol from Americans’ lunch menus.