Climate Change Moving Faster than Bird Migration
New research shows that climate change may have a negative effect on birds. A new study looked at 59 different North American species of birds…
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Faster and Cheaper Genomics Technique Ready for Takeoff
A new genomics technique developed at Cornell University is roughly 50 times cheaper than comparable methods. The cost effectiveness of this new method, called Genotyping-by-sequencing…
Using House Mice as Biomarkers of Human Settlement
According to new research, house mice (Mus musculus) are ideal biomarkers of human settlement as they tend to stow away in crates or on ships…
Behavior in Curious Honeybees Similar to Humans
Experiments show that scouting bees, much like novelty-seeking humans, have differences in brain activity in genes related to dopamine and glutamate signaling between neurons. Genomic…
Researchers Designing Autonomous Robots for Skyscraper Repairs
Researchers at Cornell University are designing robots that can autonomously traverse and manipulate a 3-D truss structure by using specially designed gears and joints to…
Researchers Discover Proteins Responsible for Cancer Cell Movement
While observing breast cancer cells in culture, researchers at Cornell University identified two key proteins, Hsp70 and tTG, that are responsible for cell migration. By…
Nanoparticles in Food Affect Iron Absorption
A team of researchers studied how large doses FDA-approved polystyrene nanoparticles found in food and vitamins affect a chicken’s ability to absorb iron into their…
Researchers Use Sanitation Techniques to Boost Sap Production
Researchers at Cornell University are using workshops and webinars to advocate sanitation techniques in maple sap production. The researchers found that by replacing spouts and…
Researchers Developing Handheld Pathogen Detector
Cornell professors are combining their inventions in an effort to develop a handheld pathogen detector for developing world countries. The device works by “amplifying” very…
Researchers Use Window on Live Mouse to View Spinal Cord Trauma
Cornell researchers are using exploratory surgeries on mice to further their understanding of spinal cord injuries. By surgically implanting a window with a transparent panel…
Study Shows Transparent Roundworms Use Chemical Language to Communicate
Scientists at the Boyce Thompson Institute and the California Institute of Technology are studying how transparent roundworms communicate. In a new study, they report that…
Researchers Predict Stable Structures of Ice in the 1-5 Terapascal Pressure Range
A group of renowned researchers combined their interests in the high-pressure studies of water, condensed matter physics, and the discovery of new chemistries to predict…
MATLAB Crunches Hepatitis C Virus Data
The Cornell CAC has recently received an award for excellence in the field of high performance computing. The award was given to them from the…
Time Cloak Creates Hole in Time, Makes Events Disappear
The General Theory of Relativity by Albert Einstein implies that gravity can cause time to slow down. Scientists have now shown that there is a…
