Like a scout that runs ahead to spot signs of damage or danger, a protein in yeast safeguards the yeast cells' genome during replication, according to new Cornell research. (July 30, 2010)
The term 'birdbrain' may take on new meaning as a Cornell study proves that the capacity for learning in birds is not linked to overall brain size, but to the relative size of their brain parts. (Sept. 19, 2011)
Ben Wie '13, a Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholar, supervised an animal behavior research team this past summer. The team looked at chemicals in mice brains. (Sept. 14, 2012)
Cornell researchers have developed an artificial intestine to better study gut bacteria and such biomedical pursuits as tissue engineering, pharmaceutical sciences and cell biology. (Feb. 23, 2011)
Ornithologist Andrew Farnsworth in New York City told members of the media Sept. 6 about a project that develops bird migration forecasts. (Sept. 10, 2012)
Candace Mingins '70, Hasbrouck's youth and family coordinator for the past 14 years, helps Hasbrouck Apartment residents from 47 countries form a community. (March 15, 2012)
Graduate students win new sustainability grants for research on biogeochemical processes related to climate science and research on sustainable biodiversity.
A new report has found dozens of cases of illness, death and reproductive issues in cows, horses, goats, llamas, chickens, dogs, cats, fish and other wildlife, and humans.
Professor Robert Weiss has found that when two particular genes are inhibited, cancer cells are destroyed at a greater rate. The study is published in the Nov. 9 issue of PNAS. (Nov. 10, 2009)