Researchers create 3D interactive digital room from simple video

Researchers at the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science have developed an AI-powered process that automatically transforms a short video of a room into an interactive, 3D simulation of the space.

Why are lefties more creative? Turns out, they’re not

Scouring more than a century of studies, Cornell researchers found left-handers are actually underrepresented in the most creative fields, contrary to popular perception.

Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture powers 15 innovative new projects

The Cornell Institute for Digital Agriculture has announced the recipients of its 2025 Research Innovation Fund faculty and student grants supporting new, cross-disciplinary projects designed to improve global food systems via digital innovation.

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How a COVID study uncovered the research ‘pivot penalty’

A study that initially looked at the career impacts of shifting one's research to the COVID pandemic revealed that any researcher who changes their focus to a new field can face a serious "pivot penalty."

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Lasers match common herbicides at zapping East Coast weeds

The study found that the laser weeders worked as well as common herbicides in test plots of East Coast peas, beets and spinach.

To slow global warming, bury wood debris

Researchers project that burying the wood debris from managed forests could reduce global warming up to 0.76 degrees Fahrenheit by 2100.

Fei Wang named senior faculty fellow in clinical AI at Cornell Tech

Wang's newly established role will strengthen Cornell Tech’s leadership in digital health and artificial intelligence, while also expanding interdisciplinary collaboration between Cornell Tech and Weill Cornell Medicine.

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Immune tolerance to gut microbes is initiated by a key bacterial sensor

Weill Cornell Medicine investigators have found that an immune “tolerance” to gut microbes depends on an ancient bacterial-sensing protein that is normally considered a trigger for inflammation.

Research at risk: stopping metastatic cancer

Weill Cornell Medicine researcher Nancy Du received a $500,000 grant from the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs at the U.S. Department of Defense, but a stop-work order brought her research to a halt in April.