Few farmers attempt to grow rice in the Northeast’s short growing season, but a team of farmers, with the help of Cornell scientists, are experimenting with rice-growing methods to suit New York’s climate.
The Cornell Heart, Lung and Blood Resource for Optogenetic Mice (CHROMus) uses light to control and observe cells and study diseases of the heart, lungs, vasculature and blood.
A new Cornell study of New York state apple orchards finds that pesticides cause harm to wild bees, and fungicides labeled "safe for bees" may indirectly also threaten native pollinators.
From Buffalo to Long Island, the North Country to the Southern Tier, Cornell undergraduates – serving as interns – spent their summer enhancing life in New York.
Julian Homburger '13 and Adam Izraelevitz '13 are among this year's recipients of Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, which support college students intent on careers in science, math or engineering. (April 3, 2012)
Researchers report in Cell Host and Microbe how the structure of a protein allows a bacteria to interfere with the tomato plant's immune system, and cause bacterial speck disease.
Students from universities across the country who spent the summer working in Cornell or Syracuse University research labs presented their work at an Aug. 10 symposium in Hollister Hall. (Aug. 11, 2010)
From judging milkshake contests to tending goats; from nurturing animal births to assembling yogurt parfaits, Cornell makes a Big Red imprint on the Great New York State Fair.
Engineers at Cornell and clinicians at Weill Cornell Medical College have created a comprehensive mouse model of exactly how colorectal tumors behave in real life, not just in a petri dish.