Universities should share discoveries crucial to combating diseases plaguing people in poverty, assert two Cornell scientists in a special issue of Nature.
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.
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.
Like nano-scale Navy Seals, Cornell scientists have merged tiny gold and iron oxide particles so that these alloyed allies can kill cancer cells with infrared heat.
The Fourth Biennial Urie Bronfenbrenner Conference, “New Developments in Aging, Emotion, and Health,” Oct. 3-4, explored the interplay between emotions and health across the lifespan.
Prabhu Pingali, professor of applied economics and management and founding director of the new Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative, is working to improve nutrition in India.
