Unlike birds, the evolution of bats’ wings and legs is tightly coupled, which may have prevented them from filling as many ecological niches as birds, researchers from the College of Veterinary Medicine have found.
Weill Cornell Medicine researchers have received a five-year, $6.2 million grant from the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health, to build a portable, high-resolution Positron Emission Tomography scanner that can detect the earliest stages of Alzheimer’s disease.
An international team of researchers discovered that coastal urban seagrass ecosystems can significantly reduce human bacterial pathogens, including those with widespread antibiotic resistance, in marine bivalves — a vital food source for people around the world.
Cornell researchers built miniature VR headsets to immerse mice more deeply in virtual environments that can help reveal the neural activity that informs spatial navigation and memory function and generate new insights into disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease and its potential treatments.
More than 100 Arts and Sciences students were awarded Summer Experience Grants, which help students pay for housing, food, transportation and other expenses while they undertake minimally paid or unpaid summer internships or positions.