A study of zebrafish larvae published Aug. 9 in the journal eLife for the first time reveals a circuit that determines the direction of a lightning-quick turn to escape a predator.
As part of the Art of Horticulture course, three student designers modeled their own creations at a fashion show, with clothes made from plants. (Oct. 16, 2012)
A new study reveals that zinc deficiency – a condition that affects 25 percent of the world’s population, especially in the developing world – alters the makeup of bacteria found in the intestine.
Science filmmaker Charles Engelman enlisted Cornell Outdoor Education’s Tree Climbing Institute as a partner to make a film on trees after winning National Geographic’s Expedition Granted 2014.
A Cornell study reports new results that raise questions about whether a common dietary metabolite, called TMAO, causes heart disease or whether it is simply a biomarker of developing disease.
Some populations of frogs are rapidly adapting to a fungal pathogen that has decimated many populations for close to half a century and causes the disease chytridiomycosis, according to a new study.
President Trump is expected to announce that the U.S. is withdrawing from the Paris climate accords, a global pact designed to fight climate change. The following Cornell University experts, including COP21 delegates, discuss the ecological, economic, health and political impacts of this move.
With a $7.5 million gift from the Friedman Family Foundation, Weill Cornell Medicine has established a cross-campus center dedicated to improving human health through research in the complex relationship between nutrition, inflammation and the development of disease.
