Russian farmers are visiting northern New York state to meet with a Cornell expert to learn how to tackle devastating alfalfa snout beetles native to their homeland.
In a Cornell study of rats, researchers engineered a common gut bacteria, which when taken orally, helped control diabetes with the body’s own insulin. The study was published Jan. 27 in the journal Diabetes.
By not integrating soil data into the calculations that determine insurance premium costs, the federal agency's rates are rife with errors that lead to inefficiencies, says researcher Joshua Woodard.
With door keys in hand and research ready for a scientific bench, startup business Ionica Sciences became the newest tenant Feb. 5 at Cornell's Kevin M. McGovern Family Center for Venture Development in the Life Sciences.
Two Cornell professors emeriti of veterinary medicine have received the 2015 Ezra Technology Innovator Award for their work as co-inventors of the Marek's disease vaccine.
As part of the Global Health Program's new collaboration in the Dominican Republic, ten Dominican medical students visited campus for a week beginning Oct. 15 to exchange ideas and knowledge.
A Cornell study describes for the first-time evidence of ‘jumping genes’ adopting a bacterial immune mechanism for transferring genetic material between bacteria and across bacterial species.