Cornell microbiologist Ruth Ley has received a 2010 Packard Fellowship for a study of how gut microbes co-evolved with humans and their diets. (Oct. 20, 2010)
A new Cornell Cooperative Extension blog, written by a Cornell professor and a consumer scientist, tries to help consumers decipher good science information from bad.
New Cornell research for the first time finds nonlinear calls in a fish species, similar to those observed in the reproductive, territorial and distress calls of mammals, amphibians and birds.
While most studies of gene expression focus on activities in the cell's nucleus, a new Cornell study finds that processes outside the nucleus also play important roles in gene expression. (May 23, 2011)
Michael I. Kotlikoff, the Austin O. Hooey Dean of Veterinary Medicine since 2007, will be Cornell University's 16th provost, President Elizabeth Garrett announced today. Kotlikoff will assume the office Aug. 1.
A quick, inexpensive and highly sensitive test that identifies disease markers or other molecules in low-concentration solutions could be the result of a Cornell-developed nanomechanical biosensor.
J. Thomas Brenna, professor of nutritional sciences, has a new task: to find better ways to detect steroids in urine to improve drug testing of athletes for performance-enhancing substances. (June 3, 2009)
The zone of overlap between two popular, closely related backyard birds is moving northward at a rate that matches warming winter temperatures, a new study finds.
Two delegations of Cornell faculty traveled to Sweden this fall to plant seeds for future collaborations. One group of nine Cornell faculty members from five departments participated in a Nov. 10-12 symposium at Stockholm University.