Viruses cross different tissues in insects to infect new hosts

A study in fruit flies advances understanding of the processes and machinery that underlie how insects, such as mosquitoes, spread disease.  

Government intervention key to fixing inequality in health care facilities

Rural hospitals and hospitals that treat patients regardless of their ability to pay have been hampered by federal rules limiting their access to funding for capital projects, which has led to institutionalized racism in hospitals, researchers have found.

Book explains how design can contribute to peace

The collection of essays by Shepley and other authors is intended for students, academics and practitioners in all design fields to inspire societal contribution and celebrate collaboration.

New prostate biopsy technique lowers infection risk

A multi-institutional clinical trial led by Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian investigators showed that a newer technique for collecting prostate biopsy samples reduced the risk of infection compared with traditional biopsy approaches.

Workers partner ‘up’ to better themselves, study finds

A new study out of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business found that people tended to favor higher-paid collaborators – but only when they thought that person had superior skills and could teach them something.

Antiviral-resistant SARS-CoV-2 variants can emerge in immunocompromised people

Immunocompromised people with persistent COVID infections can harbor drug-resistant variants of the virus, which have the potential to spread, researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, the College of Veterinary Medicine and the NIH have found.

Economics conference considers tech, political impacts on global economy

Economists from around the world will come to campus Oct. 3-5 to explore the changing global economy. The conference is open to the public.

Around Cornell

Immune cells key in blood vessel damage, neurodegeneration

A new study from Weill Cornell Medicine researchers helps explain why having ApoE4 – the gene variant most closely linked to Alzheimer’s disease – increases the risk of neurodegeneration and white matter damage.

Volcanoes may help reveal interior heat on Jupiter moon

By examining Jupiter’s moon Io – the most volcanically active place in the solar system – Cornell astronomers can study a vital process in planetary formation and evolution: tidal heating.