Nemo, a Hampshire pig, is believed to be the first pig to be treated for lymphoma and to undergo chemotherapy. He's been living at the Cornell University Hospital for Animals.
Settling a long-established debate over the origin of Phytophthora infestans – the pathogen that led to the Irish potato famine in the 1840s – plant scientists now conclude from genetic analyses that it came from Central Mexico and not the Andes.
A Cornell research team is joining local efforts to help design a socio-ecological corridor that could help save endangered, threatened, endemic species in Ecuador's Andes region.
When a 25-foot, 10,0000-pound whale washed up dead on a private beach, students and faculty from Shoals Marine Lab were part of a team that dismantled and shipped away the remains.
With news reports of toxic cadmium-tainted rice in China, a new study describes a transporter in Arabidopsis that holds promise for developing iron-rich, but cadmium-free crops.
Cornell veterinary students have launched a student chapter of the Women’s Veterinarian Leadership Development Initiative at Cornell to facilitate and encourage more women to take veterinary leadership roles.
With demand for global food expected to double, people need to tap unused plants to feed the world in the near future, claims Cornell plant geneticist Susan McCouch.
Cornell students were immersed into “expeditionary learning” this January in a rural Taos, New Mexico, high school. They worked on multidisciplinary projects that get students out into the community.
As part of its mission to promote cross-campus interactions to enhance training in stem cell biology at Cornell, the Cornell Stem Cell Program held a daylong retreat May 17 on campus.