A.D. White professor: Human bodies are 'only 10 percent human' because of microbes

On her first visit to Cornell, A.D. White Professor Margaret McFall-Ngai noted Sept. 25 that plants and animals are dependent on trillions of microorganisms. (Oct. 3, 2012)

Using electroactive bacteria, students design toxin sensor

Cornell University Genetically Engineered Machines has designed and built a biosensor that uses an electroactive bacterial species to detect the toxic substances arsenic and naphthalene in water. (Oct. 2, 2012)

Program gets big results teaching science with tiny organism

A single-celled organism is having a big effect on science teachers across the country, thanks to Cornell's Advancing Secondary Science Education with Tetrahymena (ASSET) program. (Oct. 1, 2012)

Healthy Pet Clinic in Queens slated for Oct. 13

Cornell will provide animal care for dogs and cats at the Cornell Healthy Pet Clinic Saturday, Oct. 13, from noon to 5 p.m., at the Cross Island YMCA, 238-10 Hillside Ave., Bellerose, Queens, N.Y.

A twisted tale: Plant roots form helices as they encounter barriers

Using 3-D time-lapse imaging, physicists, working with plant biologists, have discovered that certain roots, when faced with barriers like a patch of stiff dirt, form helical spring-like shapes. (Sept. 24, 2012)

Undergraduate leads research team and says, 'It's a way of giving back'

Ben Wie '13, a Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholar, supervised an animal behavior research team this past summer. The team looked at chemicals in mice brains. (Sept. 14, 2012)

Emr reappointed as Weill Institute director

Scott Emr has kept the institute focused on hypothesis-driven science that uses genetics, biochemistry, proteomics and bioinformatics to answer fundamental questions in cell biology. (Sept. 12, 2012)

Shoals Lab vulnerable to rockweed harvests

A Shoals Marine Lab researcher believes that commercial harvest of rockweed, a brown seaweed found in intertidal zones, poses a threat to the community of 150 species that use this seaweed habitat. (Sept. 10, 2012)

Project provides bird migration forecasts to inform conservation, climate change

Ornithologist Andrew Farnsworth in New York City told members of the media Sept. 6 about a project that develops bird migration forecasts. (Sept. 10, 2012)