Study provides keys to managing influx of EV batteries

A new Cornell-led study identifies several keys to sustainably managing the influx, with an emphasis on battery chemistry, second-life applications and recycling.

Oral drug enhances radiation therapy for cancer

Treatment with the amino acid arginine enhanced the effectiveness of radiation therapy in cancer patients with brain metastases in a clinical trial from investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and Angel H. Roffo Cancer Institute.

$1.8M gift supports the Emerging Markets Institute

A $1.8 million gift from Gail and Roberto Cañizares ’71, MBA ’74, will provide substantial support to the Emerging Markets Institute at the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business.

Enzyme research unlocks gateway for new medicines

The new findings published in Science capture never-before-recorded stages of a molecular construction process, with implications for future pharmaceutical development.

Estrogen exposure may protect women from Alzheimer’s

A new study suggests that greater cumulative exposure to estrogen in life may counter the decline in brain-matter volume that occurs with menopause, in key brain regions affected in Alzheimer's disease.

Secrets of quillwort photosynthesis could boost crop efficiency

Researchers have assembled a high-quality Isoetes genome that furthers understanding of how these aquatic plants regulate CAM photosynthesis to compete for carbon dioxide underwater, and how that regulation differs from terrestrial plants.

Pictures, videos can send viewers down a ‘rabbit hole’

How many adorable cat videos can you watch in one sitting? Kaitlin Woolley ’12, associate professor of marketing in the Johnson School, said they’re kind of like potato chips: You can’t consume just one.

Students win NASA challenge grant with 3D-printed sensor

A team of Cornell students has won a grant from NASA’s University Student Research Challenge for a proposed sensor that can help 3D printers build better, more reliable products. To collect the prize, the team is now crowdfunding a cost-share required by NASA.

“Startup Cornell” podcast features Cornell Tech entrepreneur

JP Pollak, co-founder and chief architect at The Commons Project Foundation, which is working on a universal vaccine app, is the guest for the fifth episode of the Startup Cornell podcast.

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