Healthful milk protein puffs are an easy snack to swallow

Catering to an aging population, Cornell food scientists have created a nutritious snack made from milk for those who have trouble swallowing. These puffs dissolve in your mouth instantly. 

Reducing the cultural bias of AI with one sentence

“Cultural prompting” – asking an AI model to perform a task like someone from another part of the world – resulted in reduced bias in responses for the vast majority of the more than 100 countries tested by a Cornell-led research group.

Long-term metastatic melanoma survival dramatically improves on immunotherapy

About half of patients with metastatic melanoma treated with a combination of immune checkpoint inhibitors survive cancer-free for 10 years or more, according to a  report from Weill Cornell Medicine and Dana-Farber Cancer Center investigators.

Genomics reveals sled dogs’ Siberian lineage

A massive multi-institution genomic survey of the Siberian husky has revealed that sled dogs descended from two distinct lineages of Arctic canids and originated in the northeastern Siberian Arctic generations earlier than previously thought.

Improving women’s status promotes peace – but how?

Scholars and policymakers need to look at more than "gender equality" to assess women’s status and how it contributes to political violence or peace, political scientist Sabrina Karim argues in a new book.

How universities can help strengthen democracy

Universities must do more to prepare students to participate in democracy, Johns Hopkins University President Ronald Daniels said at a Sept. 13 event launching the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy’s Center on Global Democracy.

‘Molecular map’ contributes to understanding of disease mechanisms

Scientists at Weill Cornell Medicine in Qatar have created an intricate molecular map of the human body and its complex physiological processes based on the analysis of thousands of molecules in blood, urine and saliva samples from 391 volunteers.

Cornell’s Scientific Computing Training Series kicks off Oct. 2

The Fall 2024 Scientific Computing Training Series begins October 2, featuring five webinars on Python, JupyterLab, and R, aimed at enhancing research services and scientific collaboration across all Cornell campuses.

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AI succeeds in combatting conspiracy theories

Arguing with a conspiracy theorist that the moon landing wasn’t staged is usually a futile effort, but ChatGPT might have better luck, according to new research by Cornell, American University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology psychologists.