Cornell University and Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have won a competition to build the applied research university that, they hope, will transform New York City into Silicon Valley East.

There is a caveat to the observational research linking use of the insulin-lowering drug metformin to a decrease in cancer incidence: Studies of this kind are incapable of establishing a causal relationship.

By jolting neurons in the lab, an Army officer and bioengineer hopes to gain ground on traumatic brain injury.