DELLAs bolster symbiosis in Green Revolution crops

Boyce Thompson Institute and Cornell researchers have identified a plant protein called DELLA that may lead to reducing phosphorus-fertilizer applications on farms and better plant growth in poor soil.

Metastatic cancer cells implode on protein contact

By attaching a cancer-killer protein to white blood cells, Cornell biomedical engineers have demonstrated the annihilation of metastasizing cancer cells traveling throughout the bloodstream.

Scientists to explore antioxidant overconsumption

Cornell researchers will explore why too many antioxidants can do harm with a $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

Aeroponics to boost NY potato production

Cornell researchers have contained the spread of destructive golden nematode that would have cost billions in crop losses.

Agribusiness panel to Congress: Get us workers

A disturbingly different American landscape is on the horizon if immigration reform in Congress can’t provide enough legal workers, agribusiness panelists predicted Dec. 10 at Cornell.

Transitions at NYSAES pave the way for the future

Four Geneva-based faculty in the Department of Food Science will move to the Ithaca campus over the next two to three years.

Bacteria tails implicated in gut inflammation

New research reveals how proteins from bacteria tails may lead to inflammation when they come in contact with gut lining cells.

Bacteria research inspires students' creative artwork

As disciplines, art and science may seem worlds apart, but a Cornell course bridges the two by using microbiologist Ruth Ley's research as inspiration.

Book debuts brain models of risky decision-making

A new book, “The Neuroscience of Risky Decision Making,” co-edited by faculty members Valerie Reyna and Vivian Zayas, discusses research on the neural roots of bad decisions.