Potato plants boost the chemical defenses in their leaves when Guatemalan tuber moth larvae feed on their tubers, report researchers at the Cornell-affiliated Boyce Thompson Institute.
Cornell faculty and alumni are helping to advise Breakthrough Starshot - a $100 million research and engineering project aiming to demonstrate proof of concept for light-propelled nanocrafts that could capture images and scientific data in our nearest star system, Alpha Centauri.
In an exclusive symposium designed for Cornell students, officials from the United Nations detailed a new 15-year initiative on battling climate change worldwide.
A new study published in BMC Biology describes greenhouse trials of a genetically engineered diamondback moth that suppresses populations of pest diamondback moths and reduces their resistance to Bt.
The Luce Scholars Program, aimed at increasing awareness of Asia among future leaders in American society, provides stipends and placement in one-year internships in Asia.
The biggest food challenge today is not hunger but nutritional deficiency. That’s the conclusion of Cornell food security experts who spoke at the National Press Club Nov. 23.
The initiative, a project of the Cornell Institute for European Studies, will provide a multidisciplinary platform for the study of the Ottoman Empire. Inaugural events begin March 14.
Political and foreign relations experts including Russian-American journalist Julia Ioffe will explore the crisis in Ukraine at a public panel discussion March 14 in Uris Auditorium.
A self-reinforcing cycle connecting depleted soils and rural farmers may be one answer why Sub-Saharan Africa is home to most of the world's extreme poor, say Cornell researchers.