The National Institute of Health has awarded $1.7 million to a team of Cornell researchers to study the links between the adolescent brain and risk-taking. The study will utilize a new Magnetic Resonance Imaging machine at Cornell to observe the brain activity of adolescents and adults during the decision-making process. 

Changes in lighting and music can cause people to eat 18 percent less food than they usually do, according to a recent study conducted by researchers in the Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management’s Food and Brand Lab. 

While Cookie Monster and other kid-friendly characters have long been close allies of junk food makers, Cornell researchers have found that these childhood heroes may help kids choose healthy snacks over those of the chocolate chip variety.

President Barack Obama’s victory in the 2008 presidential election transformed the racial identities of black college students, according to a study by University researchers published at the end of November.

Americans are reporting a decline in their number of close confidantes, a Cornell professor argues in a recent study.

Cornell researchers have found that commonly-accepted explanations for a bicycle’s self-stability are false, according to a study published last week in Science, an academic journal.

Hotel guests do not find themselves inconvenienced by environmental conservation efforts, a Cornell Center for Hospitality Research study revealed last week.

Frigid Ithaca means expensive heating bills. Based on the results of a recent study by energy efficiency specialist Mark Pierce, an extension associate in the College of Human Ecology, Ithaca residents battling the cold would save money using their central heating system instead of electric space heaters.

A study by a husband and wife team of Cornell professors finds that women do not face discrimination.

Prof. Emeritus Daryl Bem, psychology, recently discovered that precognition can occur at rates significantly different from chance.