One-click checkout increases spending and engagement

New Cornell research shows that after signing up for an online retailer’s “one-click” checkout service, customers over time increased their spending by an average of 28.5% from previous buying levels.

Physicists create new model of ringing black holes

Gravitational waves produced from colliding black holes interact with each other, producing nonlinear effects – “what happens when waves on the beach crest and crash.”

Around Cornell

Dinners explore intersection of plant history, cuisine

Throughout Black History Month, Cornell Dining has been offering a series of dinners featuring its take on traditional dishes of the African diaspora.

Nine professors win NSF early-career awards

Researchers studying statistics applications in systems biology and next-generation wireless technology are among the nine Cornell faculty members who’ve received National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards.

Staff News

To promote exercise, planners must look beyond cities

Streets and neighborhoods that are friendlier to walkers and bikers increase physical activity but have limited benefit outside urban centers, Cornell research finds.

Study unlocks clues to naked mole-rats’ exceptional fertility

A new study sheds light on unique processes that bestow naked mole-rats with what seems like eternal fertility, findings that could eventually point to new therapies for people.

Students to develop their ideas for social change

Cornell students heading to Vanderbilt University for the Clinton Global Initiative University 2023 Annual Meeting will work on solutions for challenges facing their campuses, communities and the world. 

Single gene causes stinging cell to lose its sting

Disabling a single regulatory gene in a species of sea anemone caused a cell used for hunting and self-defense to completely shift its form and function, opening a door to better understanding evolutionary mechanisms, according to a new study.

Microcalcification ‘fingerprints’ can yield info about cancer

An interdisciplinary collaboration used a materials science approach to “fingerprint” calcium mineral deposits that reveal pathological clues to the progression of breast cancer and potentially other diseases.