A novel insecticide targets a specific gene in a pest, killing only that bug species on crops and avoiding collateral damage to beneficial insects caused by today’s pesticides.
Studies by reproductive physiologist Marla Lujan are leading to new diagnosis guidelines for a condition called polycystic ovary syndrome, a leading cause of infertility.
The university has created the Cornell Center for Social Sciences, and a faculty implementation committee will make recommendations for the creation of an organizational structure integrating public policy areas and the creation of “superdepartments.”
A research team led by David Russell from the College of Veterinary Medicine has pinpointed a novel angle of attack that could eradicate HIV reservoir cells – while leaving healthy cells untouched.
Three Cornell professors contributed to the successful proposal to lead a new $18.5 million endeavor to enhance the United States’ wind-energy economy and nix greenhouse gas emissions.
Cities in the “global south” – densely populated urban areas that are part of low-income countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America – should phase out pit latrines, septic tanks and other on-site methods of human waste management, according to a Cornell researcher.