Cornell Atkinson awards drive progress in tech, ag, sustainability

Cornell Atkinson has awarded $900k to support six new research projects that seek to protect coral reefs, improve greenhouse agriculture and understand whether wildfires affect disease spread.

Online grocery shopping could bring more fresh produce to SNAP families

Grocery shopping online could help SNAP families access healthy foods, especially for those with young children or long commutes to grocery stores.

Farmed oysters may boost New York’s dwindling wild populations

A new study offers genetic evidence and proof that farmed eastern oysters are adding to and breeding with wild eastern oyster populations in the western and central Long Island Sound. 

Insular cortex linked to brain stimulation’s antidepressant effects

A circuit that runs from the prefrontal cortex to the insular cortex appears to mediate the antidepressant effects of a newer form of transcranial magnetic stimulation, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators.

Electrochemical bath recycles critical minerals in batteries

Researchers developed a more efficient and cost-effective way to recover almost the full life of lithium-ion batteries after they are spent.

Kanvas Biosciences raises $48 million to advance microbiome cancer therapies

Kanvas Biosciences announced a $48 million Series A funding round, which will support a clinical trial later this year for the company’s lead cancer immunotherapy treatment. 

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Protecting heart health in an era of temperature extremes

Extreme heat and cold are growing cardiovascular risks that can trigger heart attacks, strokes, heart failure and sudden cardiac death, according to a recent scientific statement by experts at Weill Cornell Medicine and other leading institutions.

A breakthrough single-cell method for mapping DNA-protein interactions

A new technology allows scientists to map the DNA-binding sites of transcription factors and other regulatory proteins that control gene activity, according to a study led by Weill Cornell Medicine and the New York Genome Center.

From Spoonies to sperm cells, genomics connects Cornell research

A symposium hosted by the Cornell Center for Vertebrate Genomics and the Cornell Center for Immunology attracted early-career researchers and faculty working across genetics, immunology, developmental biology and computational biology.

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