A $1.7 million NIH grant will be used to better understand why teens are prone to taking risks. The study will use an MRI to compare brains of teens and adults when faced with risky decisions.
People's preferences for getting good stuff or good news last change as they age, reports a new study. Young adults want the good last; older adults want the good and bad mixed.
Isabel V. Hull, the John Stambaugh Professor of History, has won the inaugural International Research Support Prize of the Max Weber Stiftung and the Historisches Kolleg.
Would having more information about the value of a product - say, a new camera - help potential buyers? Not necessarily, according to a Cornell economist.
Design professor Rana Zadeh has created a new spatial design tool to improve the layout of hospital nursing units to make nurses’ work more efficient and minimize distractions.
A new Cornell study finds that eating smaller portions of commonly craved foods will satisfy a person just as well as a larger portion of the same food would.
