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)
Cornell's first comprehensive tree inventory, conducted this summer, quantifies the ecosystem services that trees provide and helps with the university's climate plan, to be unveiled Sept. 15. (Sept. 9, 2009)
By 'unzipping' single DNA molecules, a Cornell research team has gained new insight into how genes are packed and expressed within cells. (Jan. 27, 2009)
A new Cornell study reports that the gene that gives rice its highly valued fragrance stems from an ancestor of basmati rice and dispels other long-held assumptions about the origins of basmati. (Sept. 1, 2009)
Researchers have provided a new insight into how receptors on cell surfaces turn off signals from the cell's environment. The findings have implications for better understanding cancer, AIDS and other illnesses. (Jan. 16, 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)
Cornell researchers report in Science that the mosquitoes that carry dengue and yellow fevers create harmonic love songs before mating. Disrupting the duets could lead to control measures. (Jan. 8, 2009)
Using new genetic tools, Cornell researchers have found that some stem cells in mice behave dramatically different than in fruit flies, where most of the pioneering stem cell work has been conducted. (Aug. 14, 2009)
A disturbingly different American landscape is on the horizon if immigration reform in Congress can’t provide enough legal workers, agribusiness panelists predicted Dec. 10 at Cornell.
Sheep naturally lamb only once a year, but Cornell researchers have identified ways to to prompt ewes to breed at younger ages and more often. (Aug. 6, 2009)