Electric buses don’t like the cold, study finds

In collaboration with Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit, researchers found that a pilot fleet of seven electric buses consumed up to 48% more energy in cold weather.

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Cornell experts are available to discuss dairy safety in the wake of FDA milk testing suspensions.

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From the impact on energy grids and real estate to healthcare and insurance pricing, drought doesn’t just dry up water — it reshapes entire systems. Hear how this Cornell Atkinson project is helping Cornell scientists translate data into actionable insights, and why collaboration across sectors is crucial for climate resilience.

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Associated Press

“Higher global mean temperatures may sound abstract, but it translates in real life to a higher chance of extreme weather: stronger hurricanes, stronger precipitation, droughts. So higher global mean temperatures translates to more lives lost,” says Natalie Mahowald, professor of atmospheric science.

Fortune

Coverage of research out of Cornell, which found that there may be a shared structure behind how large language models learn and represent knowledge.

Newsweek

Jamila Michener, associate professor of government and public policy, says that Medicaid beneficiaries face “a significant amount of administrative burden.”

The Atlantic

Sallie Permar, chair of pediatrics at Weill Cornell Medicine, explains how viruses change over time.  

Axios

Manoj Thomas, professor of marketing and management, says “Our results suggest that the brain representations that are activated when you process stars are completely different from the brain representations that are activated when you process Arabic numerals.”

Christian Science Monitor

Art Wheaton, senior extension associate at the ILR Buffalo Co-Lab, explains why tariffs aren’t a simple fix for economic development.