Cornell researchers have peered into the complex network of receptors that give bacteria the ability to sense their environment and respond to chemical changes as small as 1 part in 1,000.
A NASA-funded collaborative research team led by Cornell engineers launched a rocket Feb. 18 from Alaska's Poker Flat Research Range to collect data straight from the heart of the aurora borealis.
Ravi Singh, a Cornell adjunct professor, said how wheat varieties are being developed rapidly to combat a global threat at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting, Feb. 16-20.
Professor Trevor Pinch presented 'The Sound of Economic Exchange: Listening to Sound Studies,' Feb. 15 as the Society for the Humanities Annual Invitational lecturer.
Dan Huttenlocher has been named Cornell vice provost and dean of the NYC tech campus; Cathy Dove has been named vice president; and Technion's Craig Gotsman will lead the Technion-Cornell Innovation Institute.
A new Cornell study reports that the 2008 election changed African-American college students' perceptions of being black. The study is published in Developmental Psychology.
Billions of engineered nanoparticles in foods and pharmaceuticals are ingested by humans daily, and new Cornell research warns they may be more harmful to health than previously thought. (Feb. 16, 2012)
Collaborators on the Cornell Gleaning Project are discovering ways to help farmers efficiently harness the leftover crops that they don't sell to donate to food banks.