Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar have identified a region of the date palm genome linked to gender, making it possible to quickly and easily identify male and female trees. (June 1, 2011)
The cost of colorectal cancer drugs has skyrocketed in recent years, but a Cornell study finds that when you consider improved longevity and quality of life, the price is worth it. (Aug. 14, 2009)
An experiment found that adding a colored potato chip in a tube of chips helped subjects eat fewer chips and accurately keep track of what they had eaten. (May 14, 2012)
Children who are poor from the time they are born through age two are twice as likely to suffer from arthritis and high blood pressure when they grow up, according to a new Cornell study. (Oct. 17, 2012)
David Lifka, director of the Cornell Center for Advanced Computing, has taken on an additional role to help expand information technology support for researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College. (Oct. 28, 2010)
Epidemiologist Lewis Drusin of NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center has been selected by the American College of Physicians to receive the Bruce award. (Feb. 13, 2008)
Volunteers assembled 54 feminine hygiene kits at the Human Ecology Building Nov. 12. The kits will go to poor women in Africa and Asia. (Nov. 17, 2011)
A dieter's decision to eat or not is often determined by powerful environmental cues that he or she is probably not even aware of. But daily weighing can help, reports a new Cornell study. (Nov. 16, 2011)