The age at which people become sexually active is genetically influenced – but not when they grow up in stressful, low-income household environments, reports Jane Mendle, assistant professor of human development, in the journal Developmental Psychology.
Texting someone on a mobile phone during a minor surgical procedure under local anesthetic can reduce significantly a patient's demand for narcotic pain relief, new study finds.
Seeking to protect healthcare workers from the precarious nature of taking off soiled gloves when working with Ebola patients, Cornell students have developed a duplex solution to a complex problem: a double-layer system.
The Charter Day Weekend panel "Wellness, Fulfillment and Good Health" focused on ways to lead a healthy, fulfilling life, both physically and mentally.
The Cornell Weed Science Teaching Garden gives students and the public a chance to recognize species that might harm people or animals, and reduce crop yields.
In August 2017, Cornell Tech's inaugural Roosevelt Island class will move into a campus built for innovation and creative collisions. Cornell Tech is accepting applications in seven master’s programs.
Weill Cornell Medical College researchers have found an epigenome in cancer cells that may lead to treatment for recurrences after treatment in certain lymphomas.
Repairogen, the newest startup company in the Kevin M. McGovern Family Center for Venture Development incubator, promises to repair sun-damaged skin - and someday possibly prevent skin cancer.
New research by Weill Cornell Medicine shows chemotherapy kills the most common type of bladder cancer, urothelial cancer, but it also shapes genetic evolution of remaining urothelial cancer cells.