Friends, colleagues and former students of Harry Greene will gather at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Oct. 8, for "GreeneFest," a celebration of his science and of the lives Greene has influenced.
Research involving cancer-targeting silica particles, known as Cornell dots, has shown that the particles can neutralize nutrient-deprived cancer cells by a cell-death process called ferroptosis.
An innovative method that uses human embryonic stem cells to model type 2 diabetes caused by genetic mutations may enable researchers to identify drugs that could treat the disease.
Cornell researchers have demonstrated for the first time that the fatty acid composition in the tree swallow diet plays a key role in chick health and survival rates.
Cornell researchers have been awarded $4.2 million by the National Science Foundation to explore natural genetic variation in the tomato immune system and to use the findings to improve crops.
The Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine's seventh annual Veterinary Public Health Symposium Sept. 9-11 featured talks by a range of veterinarians, epidemiologists and public health officials.