First vet-learning simulation center features robo-pets

The Vet College's advanced pet simulators are allowing the simulation learning model to spread throughout the veterinary curriculum and paving the way for other institutions to follow suit.

Worms hijack development to foster cannibalism

A roundworm has been found to be able to hijack RNA building blocks to control development and foster cannibalism when food is in short supply, according to a new study.

$6 million gift advances veterinary medical research

The Starr Foundation, chaired by Maurice R. Greenberg, has committed $6 million to the College of Veterinary Medicine. The gift will create two endowed professorships in clinical research.

Researchers link protein known for cell mobility with protein folding during stress

Cornell researchers have for the first time discovered that a protein known for moving cells around in the body also helps alleviate stress that occurs when the cell's protein factory is overburdened. (Dec. 20, 2012)

Grad student wins first Mann Award for cell biology work

FoSheng Hsu has won Cornell's first Harry and Samuel Mann Outstanding Graduate Student Award for his cell biology research. (Dec. 20, 2012)

Eleven Cornell specialty crop projects receive almost $1M

Cornell projects that research, develop and promote specialty crops have received a total of almost $1 million in funding from N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Hypertension traced to source in brain

A new study traces hypertension to a newfound cellular source in the brain and shows that treatments targeting this area can reverse the disease. (Dec. 17, 2012)

Chikungunya outbreaks in U.S. are increasingly likely

Global travel, climate warming and an invasive mosquito could create the right conditions for outbreaks of a new virus in this country, according to a Cornell computer model. (Dec. 17, 2012)

Technique offers high-speed, 3-D images in living tissue

Scientists trying to decipher the microenvironment of living biological tissues now have a way of taking high-resolution, high-speed, three-dimensional images of their inner workings. (Dec. 17, 2012)