Grant makes historic audio material available soon

Some 250 hours of fragile audio material from Cornell’s ILR School from 1953 to 1978 will be available to the public soon, thanks to a grant from the New York State Library.

Ingested nanoparticles may damage liver

A recently published study shows that nanoparticles injure liver cells when they are in microfluidic devices designed to mimic organs of the human body.

In low gravity, scientists search for a way to sauté

Cornell researchers who conduct space food research have been studying how to fry foods on the zero-G airplane.

Genetics reveal effects of deadly frog fungus

Researchers have teased out which immune-related genes are turned on and off in the Panamanian golden frog following infection of a fungus that is deadly to amphibians.

Ashim Datta to lead food safety simulation project

A $683,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture will support a project aimed at integrating the power of computer simulation with the teaching of food safety principles.

Trustee Emeritus Dick Call dies at age 84

Richard "Dick" C. Call ’52, farmer, businessman and Cornell trustee emeritus, died Aug. 2 after a long illness. He was 84 years old.

A new player in lipid metabolism discovered

Mice engineered with fat cells that lacked a specific gene did not gain weight when fed high-fat Western diets.

Ag secretary briefed on nutrition, dairy, climate research

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack met with Cornell faculty members July 29 to learn about solutions in the realm of dairy, nutrition and climate change.

Book on international development has site for online dialogue

A book on international development co-edited by a Cornell professor has spawned a website for continuing discussion.