African village dogs are directly descended from an ancestral pool of indigenous dogs, according to a Cornell-led genetic analysis of hundreds of semi-feral village dogs in Egypt, Uganda and Namibia. (Aug. 3, 2009)
Since 1999 about 75 faculty and student projects that examine the technological, social, political and economic elements of sustainable agriculture have benefited from the Toward Sustainability Foundation. (March 4, 2009)
The students received support through a $134,000 grant by the Intel Foundation, directed by the Semiconductor Research Corp. Education Alliance's Undergraduate Research Opportunities program. (March 7, 2011)
A Cornell scientist has helped describe for the first time how certain male-killing bacteria manage to specifically kill off males of a parasitic wasp: They first invade the mother. (Sept. 23, 2008)
Cornell will contribute to President Barack Obama's continuing commitments to help low-income, first-generation and underrepresented students prepare for and complete college.
A new study finds that a component of the sperm membrane tightly controls a crucial step in fertilization, making it a prime target for efforts to either assist fertilization or prevent it.
Proposal topics include WTO disciplines and biofuels; the process of social displacement and militarization; and the world food crisis as a lens on global development. (Nov. 10, 2008)
Veterinary medicine researchers have found that stem cells inside capsules secrete substances that help heal simulated wounds in cell cultures. The capsules need to be tested to see if they will help healing in humans.