Prabhu Pingali, professor of applied economics and management and founding director of the new Tata-Cornell Agriculture and Nutrition Initiative, is working to improve nutrition in India.
President David Skorton and Joseph Fins of Weill Cornell Medical College have been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies, one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.
A new study finds that wine drinkers may over pour due to factors including the size, shape and color of a wine glass and whether wine is poured on a surface rather than in hand.
'Nanomembrane' sheets embedded with tiny iron oxide particles can help clean toxic chemicals from water. Cornell researchers are evaluating the tech to reduce human health and environmental concerns.
A Cornell multi-site research team has developed a chemical compound that shows promise as a oncoprotein inhibitor with broad anti-cancer activity and little effect on non-cancerous cells.
Using fruit flies as a model, entomologist Brian Lazzaro will study connections between the immune system and other physiological processes in determining resistance to infectious disease. (Aug. 24, 2009)
The President's Council of Cornell Women's Affinito-Stewart Grants Program has awarded research grants to seven assistant professors to help them complete research important in their tenure process.
A $24 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will expand the scope of a global partnership to combat climate-change-induced heat stress and disease pathogens in crops.