New research at Cornell using computed tomography technology has gone a long way toward showing that lungs and gas bladders really are variations of the same organ.
Ernest Sternglass ’44, M.S. ’51, Ph.D. ’53, whose correspondence with Albert Einstein led to an electron amplification discovery that allowed millions to watch Apollo 11 astronauts walking on the moon, died Feb. 12 in Ithaca.
For the first time, a new computational method allows researchers to identify which specific molecular mechanisms are altered by genetic mutations in proteins that lead to disease. (Jan. 18, 2012)
Richard Cerione, the Goldwin Smith Professor of pharmacology and chemical biology, and Claudia Fischbach, professor of biomedical engineering, discuss their collaborative research on cancer biology – the metabolic changes required for cancer development and cancer cells' interactions with other cells.
Two tiny wasps have been found in Geneva, N.Y.: One hasn't been seen on this continent since its initial discovery by Cornell scientists in 1915, and the other has never been seen here.
The Office of Undergraduate Biology's Biology Scholars Program offers mentoring, study groups and guidance to biology majors from underrepresented groups.
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)
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.
Cornell University, in partnership with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, is opening a new $10 million MSKCC-Cornell Center for Translation of Cancer Nanomedicines. The center is based on development of nanoparticles called C dots.
Studies by reproductive physiologist Marla Lujan are leading to new diagnosis guidelines for a condition called polycystic ovary syndrome, a leading cause of infertility.