Toppling a widespread assumption that a “lactation” hormone only cues animals to produce food for their babies, Cornell researchers have shown the hormone also prompts zebra finches to be good parents.
Genes in an area of the brain that is relatively similar in all vertebrates appear to regulate how organisms coordinate and shift their behaviors, a new study finds.
The regulation and function of the oncogene RAS and two related proteins, K-Ras4a and K-Ras4b, are explored in a pair of recent papers from the lab of chemistry professor Hening Lin.
As a result of tax reform passed by Congress in December, changes to the amount of federal tax withheld will be reflected in the Jan. 31 paycheck of Cornell employees paid semimonthly and Feb. 8 for those paid biweekly.
A weekend of events was held for 62 Puerto Rican students who will receive free tuition and room and board for a semester at Cornell in the wake of Hurricane Maria.
New Cornell research explains why languages with many speakers, like English or Mandarin, have large vocabularies with relatively simple grammar – and why those with fewer speakers have the opposite characteristics.
