Getting your Cornell Dairy fix is getting easier The Cornell Dairy Cooperative, a new venture of the Cornell Dairy, is now providing a new way to buy dairy favorites without a stop at a campus store or dining hall The co-op provides a fresh, convenient way to get...
Cornell’s long-standing battle against a major potato pest is getting a $12 million boost in new state funding The destructiveness of the golden nematode, currently quarantined to eight New York counties, threatens the state’s annual $73 million potato crop For...
My name is Zachary Dvornicky-Raymond, I am a member of the Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine’s class of 2019 This is my second Expanding Horizons post You can read my first post here Looking back on this summer, specifically to the very...
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You've probably heard about the five-second rule You've probably also heard that it's not a real thing Basically, no matter how hastily you snatch up that delicious donut from its unfortunate position on the pavement, it'll ultimately pick up a bunch of bacteria...
Researchers from the Meinig School of Biomedical Engineering and Weill Cornell Medicine are teaming up to learn more about antibiotic resistance in neutropenic patients – individuals with low levels of infection-fighting white blood cells, such as those with...
Unless carbon emissions plummet soon, the risk of a region-altering disaster in Arizona and New Mexico will exceed 99 percent Between 1545 and 1548, an epidemic swept through the indigenous people of Mexico that is unlike anything else described in the...
A new online game is inviting members of the public to look under a virtual microscope and contribute directly to Alzheimer’s disease research at Cornell Stall Catchers, a game launched this week by the Human Computation Institute (HCI), challenges users to scroll...
Many doctors and public health experts assume that people smoke cigarettes simply because they’re addicted to the nicotine But a Cornell researcher and his colleagues have found that overweight and obese teens light up for a different reason: to lose weight Among...
The US Food and Drug Administration has officially began the process of revamping its decades-old definition of “healthy" FDA is now seeking public input on what the term "healthy" should mean and how consumers understand the term when it’s applied to food...
A new study from a Cornell sociologist shows that while parents enjoy the time they spend with their children, parenting carries more strain for mothers Parents experience greater happiness and meaning – with less sadness, stress and fatigue – when they do...
