Cornell chemists have uncovered a fresh role for nitric oxide that could send biochemical textbooks back for revision. They have identified a key step in the nitrification process, which contributes to global warming.
Cornell researchers have discovered a process for how cells maintain the composition of proteins in their plasma membrane, the organelle that defines the outer surface of the cell. (Nov. 23, 2011)
Cornell received its highest-ever number of applications for freshman admission, and a record number of underrepresented minority students are among those offered admission to the Class of 2021.
Horticulture assistant professor Kenong Xu Cornell’s New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva has a new grant to better to understand a key gene in acid production and deliver reliable tools to predict the acid-producing potential of tiny apple seedlings.
Growers looking to mitigate weather risks, like excessive summer rain that ruins fruit, could profit by using high tunnels, according to new research from the Dyson School.
Genes in an area of the brain that is relatively similar in all vertebrates appear to regulate how organisms coordinate and shift their behaviors, a new study finds.
Jessica Rutkoski was one of five women presented with the Women in Triticum award at the the May 30-31 Borlaug Global Rust Initiative meeting in St. Petersburg, Russia. (June 2, 2010)
The university beginning online classes for the remainder of the semester continues a long history of remote instruction. Liberty Hyde Bailey and Martha Van Rensselaer designed Cornell’s first correspondence courses in 1896 and 1900, respectively.