A genetically engineered tobacco plant, developed with two genes from blue-green algae (cyanobacteria), holds promise for improving the yields of many food crops.
A Gates Foundaton-funded collaboration to make genomic tools for crop breeders held a workshop last week to solve their "big data" issues to make a massive genomics database for staple crops.
Mind mapping: Building on prototypes developed at the Cornell NanoScale Facility, French scientists have produced the world's first microscopic transistors that can amplify signals from within the brain.
'Cornell Dots' may not only help light up cancer cells, but could provide a new patient-friendly, viable option to battle cancer. Researchers have created pores in the nanoparticles that can carry medicine.
Like nano-scale Navy Seals, Cornell scientists have merged tiny gold and iron oxide particles so that these alloyed allies can kill cancer cells with infrared heat.
For massive open online courses, or MOOCs, that help dieticians and nutritionists around the world understand the latest research, course completion rates more than double that of normal MOOC fare.
Four teams of engineering faculty and students each received up to $20,000 from the college to advance their laboratory research toward functioning prototypes.
A new study reveals the intricacies of how bacteria adhere to surfaces and form biofilms, a discovery that could lead to treatments for some 80 percent of chronic infections.
More than 80 students unveiled their scholarly work at the 32nd annual Spring Research Forum hosted April 27 by the Cornell Undergraduate Research Board.