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Cornell and Columbia engineers have developed a new plan to avert the L Train shutdown in New York City, a perhaps a new model for how major infrastructure projects can be evaluated.
Researchers at Cornell University have developed a highly accurate mathematical approach to predict crowd behavior.
A new Cornell-led study shows that trace metals, deposited by aerosols like dust and other particles in the atmosphere, have a hefty impact on marine biota, affecting biological productivity and changing the ocean ecosystem.
Cornell researchers have discovered how to power simple robots with popcorn.
Poor air quality may negatively affect visitation to U.S. national parks, according to a study by Cornell and Iowa State University researchers.
What happens when humans and machines interact? Can humans automate impulse reactions in robots?
Cornell University food scientists have discovered that when mice are fed a high-fat diet and become obese, they lose nearly 25 percent of their tongue’s taste buds. As a result, the mice – through an obesity-triggered metabolic malfunction – may be encouraged to eat more food.
An enzyme found in brain cells can break apart the precursors to plaques that accumulate in the organ and cause toxicity in Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study led by Weill Cornell Medicine scientists.
Cornell researchers have built the “muscle” for an electricity-conducting, environment-sensing, shape-changing machine the size of a human cell.
Cornell University President Martha Pollack said she’s concerned about the Republican proposal that would tax some college endowments and require graduate students to pay taxes on stipends in this interview on Bloomberg TV.