Dr. Scott E. Palmer named NYS equine medical director

Scott E. Palmer, VMD, was named New York state’s equine medical director. He will also become an adjunct professor at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine.

Bacterial food web may be key to cystic fibrosis

A common pathogen that can lay dormant in healthy individuals becomes virulent in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients, and Cornell biological engineers think they might know why.

Study links poor dolphin health to Gulf oil spill

Dolphin health took a toxic nosedive in one of the areas hit hard by the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, according to a new study led by NOAA that includes work by Cornell scientists.

Student’s yak research may reduce infection in Nepal

Published research by a College of Veterinary Science student could help reduce the infection rate of brucellosis and other zoonotic diseases in such countries as Nepal.

DELLAs bolster symbiosis in Green Revolution crops

Boyce Thompson Institute and Cornell researchers have identified a plant protein called DELLA that may lead to reducing phosphorus-fertilizer applications on farms and better plant growth in poor soil.

Metastatic cancer cells implode on protein contact

By attaching a cancer-killer protein to white blood cells, Cornell biomedical engineers have demonstrated the annihilation of metastasizing cancer cells traveling throughout the bloodstream.

Scientists to explore antioxidant overconsumption

Cornell researchers will explore why too many antioxidants can do harm with a $1.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.

Aeroponics to boost NY potato production

Cornell researchers have contained the spread of destructive golden nematode that would have cost billions in crop losses.

Agribusiness panel to Congress: Get us workers

A disturbingly different American landscape is on the horizon if immigration reform in Congress can’t provide enough legal workers, agribusiness panelists predicted Dec. 10 at Cornell.