The cutting-edge imaging platform observes microscopic traits in plants and can detect grape diseases that cost vineyard owners billions in annual losses globally.
Cornell researchers successfully ramped up the body’s own immune response to fight melanoma at the tail end of a targeted cancer therapy, when tumors commonly become resistant to these treatments.
Diet changes and infection resize an organism’s intestines through different cellular strategies. In malnourished fruit flies, infectious microbes became a source of food, not just a threat.
Seven Cornell research teams have received Center for Advanced Technology grants to advance early-stage life science technologies through collaborations with biotechnology companies across New York state.
A Cornell-led research project is developing robots that can perform labor-intensive orchard operations; it’s supported by a four-year, $7.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Specialty Crop Research Initiative.
The second season of Research Matters, a Cornell video podcast, drops today, with a way-too-relevant episode on why we don't always do the things we know we should.