The Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future will fund five projects this year to stimulate original and cross-disciplinary work in sustainability science.
Researchers have found an evolutionary mechanism that provides insight into how important changes in brain structure of primates can evolve. They studied differences in the eyes of owl monkeys and capuchin monkeys. (May 20, 2009)
Using DNA not as a genetic material but as a structural support, researchers have created thin sheets of gold nanoparticles. The work could prove useful for making thin transistors or other electronic devices. (May 19, 2009)
Cornell researchers have created new DNA molecules that can detect pathogens and deliver drugs to cells when they form long chains called polymers. (May 19, 2009)
Six faculty members and seven postdoctoral associates and graduate students at Cornell's Nanobiotechnology Center will present research advances in such areas as ultrasensitive sensors and diagnostic devices. (May 18, 2009)
Do dairy cows raised on organic farms produce different amounts of milk or suffer from less disease? A $1 million grant from the USDA will study 300 dairy farms - of which 200 meet organic standards. (May 11, 2009)
David Lyden of Weill Cornell Medical College is one of 12 winners of the Hartwell Individual Biomedical Research Awards for his work in cancer research. (May 6, 2009)
Cornell researchers are spending time in the fields this spring collecting 20,000 alfalfa snout beetles. They need them to test ways to biologically control the pests, which devour alfalfa and other crops.
