The widespread adoption of electronic medical records and related digital technologies is likely to significantly boost musculoskeletal injuries among doctors and nurses, says a Cornell ergonomist. (Nov. 28, 2012)
A discovery by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators may settle a longstanding debate about how cancers spread, the investigators say, and may change the way many forms of the disease are treated.
How you plate food for kids matters, reports a study in Acta Paediatrica. Children are most attracted to food plates with seven different items and six colors; adults prefer only three of each. (Jan. 5, 2012)
Cornell researchers have identified a compound called fluoro-phenyl-styrene-sulfonamide that is safe for mammals but stops Listeria in its tracks. (Jan. 3, 2012)
The $13 million Center on the Microenvironment and Metastasis will focus on using nanobiotechnology and other related physical science approaches to advance research on cancer. (Oct. 27, 2009)
A study provides the first population-level data of pica - craving and intentionally consuming nonfood substances, such as earth - in Madagascar. (Nov. 6, 2012)
NFL Charities have awarded $100,000 to scientists from Cornell and Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC) to research tissue engineering for spinal injuries. (Dec. 22, 2010)
The new Institute on Health Economics, Health Behaviors and Disparities is designed to attract scholars from a wide array of fields related to health policy. (June 27, 2011)
Alumni, faculty, students and friends of the School of Operations Research and Information Engineering celebrated Jack Muckstadt's retirement Oct. 25-26 with a poster session and symposium. (Oct. 30, 2012)
Investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine have discovered precisely how certain types of cancers spread to particular organs in the body, supporting the century-old "seed and soil" theory of metastasis.