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Thanks to the exponential rise of AI, the rapid construction of large, gigawatt-gobbling data centers across the country has stoked concerns about how the power grid will hold up under this additional strain. Cornell researchers have proposed a novel way to manage the increased demand for electricity: a credit market that would essentially allow data centers facing required cutbacks to pay flexible energy users to take on their obligations when the grid is strained. Read more: news.cornell.edu/stories/202….
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Mathematical models have necessarily reduced distant exoplanets to idealized circles – until now. Leveraging observations by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) and a new mapping method called “transmission strings,” a Cornell-led international research team has for the first time resolved an exoplanet’s uneven contours. The resulting shape — circle-like, of course, but slightly egg-shaped, with one more extended side — details how intense heat and whipping winds influence the atmosphere of the “hot Jupiter” WASP-17b, orbiting a star more than 1,000 light-years from Earth. Read more: news.cornell.edu/stories/202….
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Big Red will take on Lehigh University for our annual Homecoming game at 2 p.m. on Saturday, October 17, at Schoellkopf Field. Preview the game at cornellbigred.com/gameday/fo….
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Cornell researchers designed a method that could enable quicker screening of new therapeutic treatments. It's a new, faster form of two-photon fluorescence imaging for observing cell metabolism in real time. Read more: news.cornell.edu/stories/202…
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A message from President Michael I. Kotlikoff on Cornell’s commitment to institutional reforms. statements.cornell.edu/2026/…
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We are aware of the recently filed lawsuit regarding 2024 sexual violence allegations. Our statement: statements.cornell.edu/2026/…
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While Cornell claims to take sexual violence claims "extremely seriously" they offered the accused the chance to simply write essays to mitigate disciplinary actions. cbsnews.com/newyork/news/c… statements.cornell.edu/2026/20260921-… nypost.com/2026/09/18/us-…
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Cornell University supports the decision of the Tompkins County District Attorney to provide an opportunity for the victim’s story in the 2024 Chi Phi fraternity sexual assault case to be heard by a criminal grand jury. Our statement: statements.cornell.edu/2026/…
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Cornell University supports the decision of the Tompkins County District Attorney to provide an opportunity for the victim’s story in the 2024 Chi Phi fraternity sexual assault case to be heard by a criminal grand jury. Our statement: statements.cornell.edu/2026/…
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Scientists found a human genetic element in a poxvirus and discovered it was both an important gene for brain function and a jumping gene capable of moving and inserting itself in genomes. A study published Sept. 24 in Science reports that the gene, called BC200, combines a mix of characteristics that have never been seen before. Read more: news.cornell.edu/stories/202….
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The biologic drug interferon-alpha can benefit patients with blood cancers called myeloproliferative neoplasms by forcing mutant blood stem cells to become shorter-lived white blood cells, according to a study by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. Because the broad activity of interferon-alpha can induce significant side effects, developing new focused strategies based on these mechanistic findings could meet an important need in cancer therapy. Read more: news.cornell.edu/stories/202…
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Two new studies led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators represent a big step forward in understanding metabotropic glutamate receptors and how they can be targeted effectively to potentially treat conditions such as epilepsy, depression, and anxiety disorders. Read more: news.cornell.edu/index%2ephp…
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Scientists at Cornell have taken a step toward better understanding how fungi sense and respond to nutrients in the environment, which is critical for engineering fungi for green technologies and for combating fungal pathogens and their resistance to treatments. news.cornell.edu/stories/202…
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A new wireless device – lighter than a U.S. dime and shaped like a tiny chef's hat – can track the brain waves of animals as they move in natural habitats, opening doors to understanding complex behaviors that are impossible to study in the lab. In a recent paper, Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences researchers provide a proof-of-concept for the device, which includes flexible probes that can track groups of neurons for months, as well as different modules to manipulate brain activity or log an animal's locomotion and orientation, vocalizations, and eye movements. The device, called the Wireless, Interactive, Lightweight Datalogger (WILD), will allow researchers to study how the brain responds to changes in a natural environment and group social contexts for the first time. Read more: news.cornell.edu/index%2ephp….
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This #ConstitutionDay, take a closer look at one of the most misunderstood parts of the U.S. Constitution. On the Research Matters podcast, @CornellLaw's Gautam Hans explains a key principle of the First Amendment and why its scope is often misunderstood. Watch the full episode: piped.video/8kVy6f-b1Ok
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Obesity caused by disrupted stress-hormone rhythms is metabolically very different from obesity caused by a high-fat diet, according to a new preclinical study by @WeillCornell investigators. The researchers found in mice that glucocorticoid-rhythm disruption concentrates insulin resistance in skeletal muscle while preserving key insulin responses in fat tissue and liver. This allows fat tissue to continue storing lipids, while the liver remains largely protected from the fat accumulation typically seen with high-fat diet obesity. Read more: news.cornell.edu/index%2ephp….
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GAME WEEK 🔴 Cornell opens 2026 at Colgate. 🗓️ Sat, Sept. 19 | 1 PM 📍 Hamilton, N.Y. | 📺 ESPN+ #YellCornell 🐻
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Who will take care of us when we're old?
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America is aging faster than its systems are prepared for. In this two-guest conversation, Jenna Wells and Adriana Reyes bring their research to bear on the realities of eldercare today: who provides it, who pays for it, and what happens when both run short. It's a grounded, research-backed look at one of the biggest quiet crises facing families right now.
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