Insular cortex linked to brain stimulation’s antidepressant effects

A circuit that runs from the prefrontal cortex to the insular cortex appears to mediate the antidepressant effects of a newer form of transcranial magnetic stimulation, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

Can robots read the room?

Artificial intelligence may one day give robots social intelligence, but so far, existing models do a poor job of using human facial cues to predict the outcome of a situation.

Around Cornell

Electrochemical bath recycles critical minerals in batteries

Researchers developed a more efficient and cost-effective way to recover almost the full life of lithium-ion batteries after they are spent.

Historical keyboard academy offers public events June 23-27

The Chamber Music Collective and Fortepiano Tech Academy highlight collaborative performance, rare repertoire, and hands-on training with eighteenth- and nineteenth-century instruments.

Around Cornell

Kanvas Biosciences raises $48 million to advance microbiome cancer therapies

Kanvas Biosciences announced a $48 million Series A funding round, which will support a clinical trial later this year for the company’s lead cancer immunotherapy treatment. 

Around Cornell

Grants fund high-risk research on fungal disease and antibiotic resistance

Schwartz Research Fund Visionary Grants for faculty members in the life sciences aims to provide significant assistance for innovative, visionary research that opens an important new line of inquiry.

A breakthrough single-cell method for mapping DNA-protein interactions

A new technology allows scientists to map the DNA-binding sites of transcription factors and other regulatory proteins that control gene activity, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine and the New York Genome Center.

From Spoonies to sperm cells, genomics connects Cornell research

A symposium hosted by the Cornell Center for Vertebrate Genomics and the Cornell Center for Immunology attracted early-career researchers and faculty working across genetics, immunology, developmental biology and computational biology.

Around Cornell

Cornell professor co-hosts London Review of Books poetry podcast

‘Poetry and the Turning World’ will explore poetry as a guiding force for understanding work, technology, divorce, sex, weather, food and money.

Around Cornell