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.  

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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. 

Two from Cornell elected 2025 AAAS Fellows

Engineering professor Lara Estroff and plant science professor Klaas van Wijk have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society.

Tiny bubbles, sound waves clean produce safely and effectively

A bubble bath with a constant acoustic sound in the water may be the best chemical-free, gentle method for cleaning agricultural produce.

Programmable plant systems team selected for global food initiative

The Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems (CROPPS) has been selected to help shape a new international effort to reimagine the future of food systems through the CIFAR Arrell Future of Food Initiative.

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