Cornell startup seeks to redefine food, ag, industrial testing 

Quantera’s Curio HS prepares dozens of samples at once and is entering a pilot with E. & J. Gallo Winery.

NYC entrepreneurship conference features leaders in cybersecurity, jewelry, health

The daylong conference Nov. 6 offers fireside chats and TED-style talks, as well as a pitch contest among Cornell startups and time for networking.

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2026 Atkinson postdocs improve antibiotics, emissions data, green transition

Cornell Atkinson’s 2026 Postdoctoral Fellows seek to discover new antibiotics, uncover hidden corporate emissions data, and support indigenous communities’ environmental assessments of mining projects. 

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Achievement awards honor postdoctoral researchers and faculty mentors

Postdoc Achievement Awards recognize postdocs who made outstanding contributions to the Cornell community, as well as faculty who provided exceptional mentorship to postdocs.

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Birds are among Earth’s most important nutrient-movers

Birds play an outsized, underappreciated role in shaping Earth’s chemistry, distributing nutrients across oceans, forests and coral reefs and sustaining life far beyond the nest, according to a new scientific review.

Researchers outline priorities for robust U.S. climate assessments

Five Cornellians join 175 global experts to outline research priorities that can inform future national and regional climate assessments in a new special collection of the American Geophysical Union and the American Meteorological Society. 

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NSF awards $22.5M to continue plant-human communication projects

The Cornell-led multi-institutional Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems will continue work to transform agriculture by enabling direct two-way communication with crop plants’ internal processes. 

Sheep grazing in solar fields offers farmers economic, ecological gains

As solar grazing expands across the country, new research helps sheep farmers increase profitability and sheds light on the how the number of sheep in solar array fields interacts with beneficial insects.

‘Rooted in Reciprocity’: Indigenous students share stories of how plants fuel connection

Through plants and personal stories, a new student-led exhibit at Cornell Botanic Gardens explores the concept that people live because the natural world lives.