Cornell was part of a study that has found that background noise, mainly from ships, has cut the ability of critically endangered North Atlantic right whales to communicate by about two-thirds. (Aug. 16, 2012)
A student-created landscape has been at the Mann Library entrance has been chosen as one of the first landscapes to participate in an international pilot project program. (June 2, 2010)
Scientists at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research and the USDA's Agricultural Research Service on campus have discovered that a set of chemical changes to a plant's DNA is key to tomato ripening.
Billions of engineered nanoparticles in foods and pharmaceuticals are ingested by humans daily, and new Cornell research warns they may be more harmful to health than previously thought. (Feb. 16, 2012)
A new study provides a detailed molecular and anatomical atlas of the fruit fly digestive tract and a website on the health and diseases of this complex organ.
A team of international researchers is working to tackle the global problem of plant viral diseases that are spread by insects, thanks to close to $1 million in funding.
Poet Joanie Mackowski will present, “You're the Bee's Kinesis: Poetry and Coevolution,” as part of the Cornell Plantations’ William and Jane Torrence Harder Lecture Sept. 3 at 5:30 p.m. in Call Auditorium.
Cornell researchers have discovered a key component to aggressive brain tumors grow that could lead to better cancer drugs. Their study is published in the June issue of Cell Reports.