In a lecture at the American Museum of Natural History April 24, entomologist John Losey invited the audience - especially the children - to help the Lost Lady Project by searching for ladybugs. (April 27, 2010)
The Energy Recovery Linac, now in planning stages at Cornell, could revolutionize fields from biophysics, chemistry and molecular biology to high pressure physics. (Aug. 7, 2008)
Being in captivity for just a few weeks can reduce the volume of the hippocampus by as much as 23 percent, according to a new Cornell study. (Oct. 9, 2009)
New tracking tags are giving marine conservationists a fish-eye view of conditions, from overfishing to climate change, that are contributing to declining fish populations, according to a new study. (March 11, 2009)
Cornell natural-areas staff spotted small fluffy white sacs along the base of the needle on an eastern hemlock: telltale signs that a devastating pest had invaded Cornell's hemlocks for the first time.
Frank Schroeder and colleagues have uncovered a class of molecules in worms that attract mates and arrest development for months in larvae. The results of the study were published in Nature.
A high school student studying at Shoals Marine Laboratory this summer taught two crabs to ring a bell. The student was inspired to conduct her experiment by a book by Karen Pryor '54. (Sept. 24, 2009)
The grant will fund Cornell's continued operation of an X-ray synchrotron facility, as well as research and development for a new kind of X-ray source that promises to revolutionize the field. (Sept. 29, 2010)
On Sept. 17 in San Francisco, artist Maya Lin unveiled the first component of her serial art installation on species loss, which uses sounds and videos from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. (Sept. 17, 2009)
A new DNA study of wood warblers supports the theory that great diversification occurred early on, when there was a lot of 'ecological space' available. (July 9, 2008)