MouseGoggles offer immersive look into neural activity

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.

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Cornell’s Information and Decision Science Laboratory is designing a better – and safer – future for transportation with the help of a 20-by-20-foot “smart” scaled city and a fleet of small motorized cars, drones, cameras and virtual reality technology.

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The Guardian

Did democracy survive the 2024 global election marathon?

Article highlights Cornell’s 2024 report on global democracy, and Rachel Beatty Riedl, director of the Center on Global Democracy, says “We’ve seen some real possibilities for hope.”

Associated Press

Bluesky finds with growth comes growing pains — and bots

The expertise of Claire Wardle, associate professor of communication, and Alexios Mantzarlis, director of the Security, Trust, and Safety Initiative at Cornell Tech, are featured in this article. 

Vox

The people who deliver your Amazon packages are striking. Here’s why.

Art Wheaton, senior extension associate at the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, explains how Amazon could delay contract negotiations with its striking workers. 

Axios

The politics of the Amazon strike hinge on Trump

Patricia Campos-Medina, executive director for The Worker Institute, explains why Trump is expected to be more pro-union in his second term.

MarketWatch

Here’s how to make your investment adviser prove their stock-picking skill

Scott Stewart, clinical professor of finance and accounting, says “It’s a big challenge. Even if you do really good due diligence, the odds of hiring an investment manager who’s good is really hard.”

Fast Company

These New Orleans nurses voted to unionize—but say they can’t get a contract without a strike

Kate Bronfenbrenner, senior lecturer at ILR, explains the impact of delays in labor contract negotiations.

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