Study: Bigger honeybee colonies have quieter combs

A study of honeybee colonies finds that honeybees damp their combs to facilitate communication in a crowded hive.

Einaudi Center announces grant recipients

The Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies has awarded five seed grants and four small grants to support faculty members' international research.

Hop growers face challenges to meet rising brewery demands

Cultivating hops in New York state has its challenges, mainly from pests and two pervasive diseases, and Cornell researchers are lending a hand to new growers.

Alum’s medical career spans hospitals, Army bases and state institutions

Adadot Hayes ’64 said she will never forget Jeffrey, a baby born with Trisomy 13, a chromosomal condition that left him without eyes, with a cleft palate and a host of other problems.  

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Links between social connectedness, stress and health to be studied

Maren Vitousek, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, has received a $500,000 Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Young Faculty Award to study links between stress, social connectedness, health and future performance.

Workshop explores ape-human communication

“Eloquence of the Apes: A Trans-Disciplinary Workshop on Apes, Language and Communication,” Oct. 20-21, featured primatologist Sue Savage-Rumbaugh.

Cornell, DEC launch new hemlock pest biocontrol lab

Cornell and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced the creation of a new biological control lab on campus to protect the state’s ecologically important hemlock trees.

Five faculty members elected as 2017 AAAS fellows

Five Cornell faculty members have been elected fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world’s largest general scientific society.

Awards partner life science researchers with industries

Reducing antibiotic resistance in animals and developing a lubricating formula in joints for people suffering from arthritis are two of seven projects that received Center for Advanced Technology annual grants.