The Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future chose 10 interdisciplinary projects to receive academic venture funds for spring 2011. The awards were announced May 29 and total $662,509. (June 1, 2011)
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.
Owners of older cocker spaniels, dachshunds, cavalier King Charles spaniels, Malteses, miniature poodles, Norfolk terriers and Yorkshire terriers are invited to Cornell March 22-23 to receive a free canine cardiology screening.
Life sciences majors in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences and Agriculture and Life Sciences can now minor in business through the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics. (Jan. 17, 2011)
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)
Scientists from Weill Cornell Medicine discovered an internal code in cellular molecules, called messenger RNA, predetermines how much protein they will produce.
New research reports that a single supergene can switch the entire wing pattern in certain swallowtail butterflies to mimic toxic relatives and avoid predation.
A recently published study shows that nanoparticles injure liver cells when they are in microfluidic devices designed to mimic organs of the human body.
Coffee hours at the Carl Sagan Institute have spurred multi-disciplinary talks among faculty members from 11 departments and five colleges and schools at Cornell.