Religious leaders, physicians fight hypertension in Tanzania and beyond

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers and Tanzanian colleagues are leveraging clergy's influence to lower life-threatening hypertension rates in Tanzania, and potentially the U.S.

Reprogramming gut cells to treat short bowel syndrome

Knocking out a single gene reprograms part of the large intestine to function like the nutrient-absorbing small intestine; Weill Cornell investigators showed that this reversed the malnutrition that results when most of the small intestine is removed.

Podcast features 2025 Cornell Entrepreneur of the Year John Bicket

Bicket ’02, chief technology officer and co-founder of tech firm Samsara, is the guest on this month's Startup Cornell podcast.

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Quantum statistical approach quiets big, noisy data

A team with Cornell statisticians has develop a way to handle and simplify large data sets more efficiently than traditional methods, for when big data gets too big.

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Hitting the target: Imaging reveals psilocybin’s neural odyssey

Cornell researchers have identified a pair of key neurological mechanisms in the brain – a cell type and receptor – that enable the psychedelic compound’s long-lasting effects.

Biblical scholar: Parables in Luke parallel Genesis stories

In his new book, Calum MacNeill Carmichael draws detailed parallels between the 14 parables unique to Luke’s gospel and Genesis stories about figures such as Jacob and Esau.

Dog owners help advance research one DNA test at a time

Thanks to a research partnership between Embark Veterinary and the College of Veterinary Medicine, DNA tests also provide findings that could improve dogs’ health.

Southern Ocean warming leads to wetter East Asia, Western US

The Southern Ocean – between Antarctica and other continents – will eventually release heat absorbed from the atmosphere, leading to projected long-term increases in precipitation over East Asia and the Western U.S.

New York Outcomes Fund spurs, supports growers’ sustainability efforts

Run by the Cornell Atkinson Center for Sustainability, the fund delivered payments and provided support to growers who planted cover crops and reduced tillage on nearly 15,000 acres in western and central New York.