Boyce Thompson Institute are working to apply a method that boosts beta-carotene into in potatoes to cassava plants. Biofortified cassava could help alleviate vitamin A deficiency in children.
Jiunn Tzon Hwang, professor of mathematics, has been elected a fellow of the American Statistical Association for outstanding contributions and leadership in statistical science. (June 1, 2011)
The key to curing multiple sclerosis may well lie in the mysterious signaling of lipids, a major component of cells, says Cornell chemist Jeremy Baskin.
The Society for the Humanities fall interdisciplinary conference, "Performing Skin," explored the year's focal research theme: "skin," Oct. 21 and 22 in the A.D. White House.
Being out in nature has been proven beneficial to mental health, and a new website, CUinNature.cornell.edu, lists nearby places students can go to immerse themselves in the great outdoors.
Peanut and Motzie, two Savannah cats, have participated in a study at the College of Veterinary Medicine's Feline Health Center June 5. Motzie is the second tallest cat in the world, according to the Guinness Book of World Records.