Counselors embedded in 911 call centers benefit police, the public

Behavioral health clinicians at 911 call centers answer mental health and substance abuse calls, enabling police officers to spend more time focusing on public safety. 

Temperature shifts change plant proteins powering photosynthesis

Plants adjust to temperature changes, in part, by switching the way they express Rubisco, the protein that performs the critical first step of photosynthesis, according to new research from Cornell and partners.

5.5M ground nesting bees make home in Ithaca cemetery

An Ithaca cemetery is home to one of the largest and oldest recorded aggregations of ground nesting bees in the world. 

PORTENT backs five new technologies to expand access to care 

Five next-generation point-of-care technologies have been selected for funding by PORTENT, a Center for Point-of-Care Technologies for Nutrition, Infection, and Cancer at Cornell, focusing on crucial healthcare across the globe.  

Around Cornell

Four sperm whale strandings point to potential human causes

The whales that stranded on southeastern U.S. coastlines between 2020-22 were emaciated and malnourished, with ingested fishing gear and marine debris found in two of them. 

Breakthrough takes big step toward safe, reversible male contraception

A proof of principle study in mice, six years in the making, shows how targeting a natural checkpoint in meiosis, the process by which sex cells reproduce, safely stopped sperm production.  

What can individuals do to prevent the next pandemic?

Elisha Frye, D.V.M. ’10, explains how Cornell’s Animal Health Diagnostic Center works at the front lines of detecting and preventing diseases that can jump between animals and humans.

A revived device reveals scents that attract and deter crop pests

The device, called an electroantennogram, allows researchers to identify the exact scent molecules detected by an insect’s antennae. 

Spring cold snaps harm nesting tree swallows, but some show resilience

Warming temperatures cause tree swallows to nest up earlier than they once did, but early spring cold snaps can hinder nestlings’ growth and survival.