Cornell, City of Ithaca seek ‘unified vision’ for parks

Students and faculty will help the city transform its parks and their care – with new landscaping features and a proposed maintenance plan and governance structure. 

Common diet tips about water intake and spicy foods could be dead wrong

A pair of studies from a Cornell nutrition scientist upend two pieces of received wisdom: that drinking more water at meals curbs eating, and that spicy snacks are a diet danger zone.

The diet that could remake modern agriculture

New study asserts that systematic change in food production and consumption requires real political capital and will.

Discovery could lead to drug therapy for hypopigmentation conditions

An NSAID-related compound called ampyrone appears to safely boost production of the pigment melanin in human skin, according to a preclinical study led by Weill Cornell Medicine and National Eye Institute investigators.

Cancer evolution study reveals biology of glioma progression

Glioma, a type of brain cancer, tends to progress toward greater malignancy due to an increasing tendency of the glioma cells to transform into immature, stem-cell-like states.

The rich get richer – not just materially, but socially

Social connection is as disparate and unequal as income in the U.S. – and the two reinforce each other, Cornell sociologists argue in a new book.

Stroke test tech receives 'breakthrough' status from FDA

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Breakthrough Device Designation to NSE-FAST®, the first rapid blood test designed to aid in the diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke.

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Demystifying the molecular mechanisms of general anesthesia

Researchers have identified a site where a commonly used anesthetic binds to sodium ion channels, revealing a molecular mechanism that may explain how these drugs dampen communication between neurons.

Research reshapes rules of genetic crossovers

A Cornell-led study is challenging a decades-old explanation for how chromosomes exchange genetic material within the biological process that forms eggs and sperm in mammals.

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