New element tracking method a boon for geoscientists

A new method that allows geoscientists to tease out the exact inputs from three different sources, with implications for modeling and predicting climate change.

Plant scientists tackle big data problems at workshop

A Gates Foundaton-funded collaboration to make genomic tools for crop breeders held a workshop last week to solve their "big data" issues to make a massive genomics database for staple crops.

Mechanism underlying cell stress response discovered

New Cornell research published online Nov. 9 in Nature Cell Biology describes a system that controls levels of a cell's sensors, which are responsible for detecting the accumulation of misfolded proteins.

'Super natural killer cells' destroy lymph node tumors

Cornell biomedical engineers have developed specialized white blood cells – dubbed "super natural killer cells" – that seek out cancer cells in lymph nodes with only one purpose: destroy them.

Tomato researchers on hunt for speck-resistant varieties

Researchers at the Boyce Thompson Institute are studying the bacterium speck, which causes withered flowers and dark spots on leaves and fruits, and can result in the loss of whole fields of crops.

Gift opens Lab of Ornithology's digital archive to all

A $7.5 million gift from the Macaulay Family Foundation to the the Cornell Lab of Ornithology will expand the Macaulay Library's scientific archive of natural sound and video recordings.

Veterinarian educates Indonesian children about nearby rhinos

College of Veterinary Medicine professor Dr. Robin Radcliffe is raising local awareness of two vanishing rhino species in Indonesia via a book for Indonesian children, “The Hornless Rhinoceros."

Cornell research battles shrub willow leaf rust

A $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Department of Energy will help Cornell researchers elucidate the genetic underpinnings of resistance in shrub willow.

Genome editing pioneer Doudna to give Racker Lecture

Biochemist Jennifer Doudna, who developed a new technique in genome engineering that allows DNA to be edited almost as easily as editing text, will deliver the Racker Lecture on campus Nov. 19.