New telehealth restrictions may limit opioid use treatment

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers found that restricting telehealth prescriptions for opioid use disorder could keep thousands from accessing buprenorphine, a medication that helps people recover from addiction.

Lowering bioenergetic age can help fend off Alzheimer’s

A person’s “bioenergetic age” – or how youthfully their cells generate energy – might be a key indicator of whether they’re at risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, new research from Weill Cornell Medicine shows.

How CEO political activism can hurt (or help) business

Cornell Tech researchers illuminate circumstances under which it is more or less beneficial for CEOs to talk about politics.

Exploring vaccine to block maternal CMV transmission

A study out of Weill Cornell Medicine and Oregon Health & Science University provides critical insight for the development of a vaccine that can more effectively block the spread of cytomegalovirus across the placenta to babies before they're born.

‘Flipping’ switch boosts stem cell numbers for therapies

A single molecular switch is essential for blood stem cells to enter an activated, regenerative state in which they produce new blood cells, according to a preclinical study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. 

Inaugural Backslash fellow Mimi Onuoha pushes artistic boundaries with Cornell Tech faculty and students

Backslash at Cornell Tech, dedicated to advancing new works of art and technology that escape convention, has announced Nigerian-American artist Mimi Onuoha as its first Backslash Fellow.

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Cornell faculty honored for community-engaged innovation

Thirteen faculty members from across Cornell are being honored by the Einhorn Center for Community Engagement with this year’s Community-Engaged Practice and Innovation Awards

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$10.5M gift to Cornell will fund research using Empire AI

The gift from philanthropist Tom Secunda, co-founder of Bloomberg L.P., will help fund artificial intelligence-related research at Cornell Tech in New York City and at the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science in Ithaca.

Study: ‘Ball and chain’ mechanism inactivates key ion channel

A new study has unveiled a precise picture of how an ion channel found in most mammalian cells regulates its own function with a “ball-and-chain” channel-plugging mechanism, according to investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine.