Protect habitat to prevent pandemics

An international team of 25 scientists led by a Cornell expert has proposed a roadmap for how to prevent the next pandemic by conserving natural areas and promoting biodiversity, thereby providing animals with enough food, safe havens and distance to limit contact and transfer of pathogens to humans.

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Cornell researchers have developed a semiconductor chip that adds a necessary time delay so signals sent across multiple arrays can align at a single point in space, and without disintegrating.

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No-camera eye tracking: Cornell invents tech to track gaze minus surveillance

Article highlights GazeTrak and EyeEcho, technologies that track facial expressions, and are under development at Cornell.

Associated Press

Content creation holds appeal for laid-off workers seeking flexibility

Brooke Erin Duffy, associate professor of communication, notes that content creators turn to full-time content creation after seeing a payoff or being forced into it due to unemployment.

Korea JoongAng Daily

Cornell University president on Korean ties, international students and bridging cultures

Q&A with President Pollack who participated in the 2024 Asia-Pacific Leadership Conference with Cornell alumni. 

The Guardian

‘He was a human being’: US prisoners are dying from treatable conditions

Joseph Shin, assistant professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medicine, explains that bias against incarcerated individuals can cause medical professionals to overlook serious medical conditions.

Wired

AI-generated spoofs of RuPaul’s Drag Race are flooding Instagram and TikTok

James Grimmelmann, professor of digital and information law comments on the possibility of a court deciding that AI models can't train on copyrighted characters.

Newsweek

Donald Trump's mind 'faltering,' top psychologist warns

Harry Segal, senior lecturer in psychology, explains that Donald Trump is showing signs of onset dementia.

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