Some of Cornell's best scientists working on how the brain works will gather Sept. 29 for the Cornell Neurotech Mong Family Foundation Symposium. It features three alumni winners of the 2015 Brain Prize.
A genomic analysis of cassava has found that mutations have corroded the genome, producing many dysfunctional versions of genes and putting at risk a crucial crop that feeds a tenth of all people.
In Cornell's young wine and grape program, a former graduate student and two professors have earned 2015 scientific paper of the year honors from the American Society for Enology and Viticulture.
Black bear populations are on the rise in New York, and Cornell researchers combine digital technology with on-the-ground conservation efforts to manage the growing numbers.
A five-year, $9 million grant from the National Science Foundation will create the Cornell Neurotechnology NeuroNex Hub to develop new tools for neuroscience.
More than 650 people from 25 countries attended Citizen Science 2015, the inaugural conference of the Citizen Science Association, on Feb. 11-12 in San Jose, California.
One of Cornell’s Titan arums – a rare plant also known as a corpse flower for the deathly odor it produces at flowering – has broken dormancy and is preparing to bloom this summer on campus.
Jocelyn Rose, a professor of plant biology and director of Cornell's Institute of Biotechnology, is examining the hydrophobic cellular surface layer known as the cuticle in fleshy fruits.