Plant mating styles influence defense evolution

Cornell researchers have found that a plant's mating system has consequences for the evolution of another primary plant system: defense against enemies that eat them.

Birds-of-paradise site offers videos, classroom tools

With 35 high-definition videos as a centerpiece, the Birds-of-Paradise Project website offers exclusive footage, lesson plans, interative features and much more.

Bioengineers, physicians 3-D print ears that look, act real

Using living cells, researchers fashion replacement ears that are practically identical in form and function to nature's own.

McGovern Center names three executives in residence

Three new executives in residence have joined the staff of the Kevin M. McGovern Family Center for Venture Development in the Life Sciences.

MRI to help unlock mysteries of teen risky behavior

A $1.7 million NIH grant will be used to better understand why teens are prone to taking risks. The study will use an MRI to compare brains of teens and adults when faced with risky decisions.

Imaging Facility adds two tools for microscopy

Cornell's Imaging Facility facility has added two state-of-the-art machines, one to extract tiny samples for genetic analysis and another to image fast microscopic events.

Gene found to be marker for impairment, not Alzheimer's

Defying a widely held belief in Alzheimer’s disease research, two Cornell professors report that people with a specific gene are more likely to develop mild cognitive impairment – but not Alzheimer’s.

Blame Barney: Students' perception of T. rex is outdated

Students' perceptions of the Tyrannosaurus rex anatomy is still stuck in the early 1900s, according to a Cornell research team.

CT scanner helps answer 150-year-old question of lung evolution

New research at Cornell using computed tomography technology has gone a long way toward showing that lungs and gas bladders really are variations of the same organ.