Ithaca startup aims to free diabetes patients from daily burden

Persista Bio aims to help the daily life of the 9 million people worldwide suffering from Type 1 diabetes.

Cornell software advances design of offshore structures

A Cornell doctoral student has developed an open-source software package that could transform how engineers design floating offshore structures for renewable energy and other ocean applications.

Bird flu persists in raw milk cheese

Raw milk cheese products contained infectious avian influenza virus when made with contaminated raw milk, creating potential health risks for consumers. 

‘Mist opportunity’ reveals how onions make cooks cry

One solution for preventing pungent aerosols from ejecting into the air: Cut onions slowly with a sharpened blade. 

Research at Risk: Rooting out treatment-resistant prostate cancer

A federal stop-work order has threatened the progress a Weill Cornell Medicine researcher has made in understanding a lethal and treatment-resistant form of prostate cancer.

Cryo-imaging gives deeper view of thick biological materials

Researchers devised a new method to image intact bacterial cells and large organelle up to 500-800 nanometers thick – a roughly fivefold improvement over current methods. 

Sustainable practices could cut food-related emissions in half

Food systems make up roughly 30% of total greenhouse gas emissions globally. But transforming them could cut these emissions by more than half, according to a report released Oct. 3 from a commission of global experts.

Birds’ vocal warnings provide new insight into the origins of language

New research sheds light on the evolution of language, discovering a link between innate and learned vocalizations. 

Political views, not sex and violence, now drive literary censorship

Liberals and conservatives both oppose censorship of children’s literature – unless the writing offends their own political ideology, showing how a once-bipartisan issue has become polarized.