Soil fungi colonize roots and provide essential nutrients for the majority of the world’s land plants, but new research sheds light on a class of bacteria found living within these fungi.
Boyce Thompson Institute and Cornell scientists have shown that roundworms live longer bathed in their own secretions. Understanding this chemical model, might help humans live longer.
Julius Lucks, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, and Marco Seandel, assistant professor of cell and developmental biology in surgery at Weill Cornell Medical College, are NIH "New Innovators."
Three young Cornell researchers have won National Institutes of Health New Innovator Awards. The awards provide up to $1.5 million over five years for innovative, high-impact projects.
Cornell's Michael Shuler has received National Institutes of Health funding to make 3-D chips with living cells and tissues that model the structure and function of human organs. (Aug. 27, 2012)
A diverse group of researchers received a five-year, $10 million United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Specialty Crop Research Initiative grant to find a solution to citrus greening disease.
In a breakthrough for computer vision and for bird-watching, researchers and bird enthusiasts have enabled computers to achieve a task that stumps most humans - identifying hundreds of bird species pictured in photos.
Cornell and the Smithsonian Institution are expanding their collaboration to conserve endangered species, advise foreign governments on sustainable development and develop protocols to archive biological collections.
William Dichtel, assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology, has a 2010 Nontenured Faculty Award from 3M that will provide $15,000 per year toward research for up to three years. (March 10, 2010)
New research reports that a single supergene can switch the entire wing pattern in certain swallowtail butterflies to mimic toxic relatives and avoid predation.