Two Cornell professors are developing a handheld detector that will give health care workers in the developing world speedy results to identify pathogens in the field. (Jan. 30, 2012)
Cornell professors George Hudler, Ravi Ramakrishna and Yervant Terzian have been recognized for distinguished teaching with Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellowships. (Jan. 26, 2012)
A study describes an imaging technique that allows researchers to observe a live mouse's spinal cord continuously over time to gain understanding for treating spinal injuries. (Jan. 24, 2012)
For the first time, a new computational method allows researchers to identify which specific molecular mechanisms are altered by genetic mutations in proteins that lead to disease. (Jan. 18, 2012)
Anthropology professor Nerissa Russell has published the first systematic overview of social zooarchaeology, and finds that guilt and gender play a major role in human-animal relations. (Jan. 16, 2012)
Two tiny wasps have been found in Geneva, N.Y.: One hasn't been seen on this continent since its initial discovery by Cornell scientists in 1915, and the other has never been seen here.
RFID technology repurposed for tracking birds automates data collection, requiring scientists to spend only a few hours a week tending to feeders wired with tracking technology.
Cornell researchers have identified a compound called fluoro-phenyl-styrene-sulfonamide that is safe for mammals but stops Listeria in its tracks. (Jan. 3, 2012)
