Why male embryos grow faster: Study reveals genetic clues
August 28, 2025
Cornell researchers have uncovered the genetic triggers that cause male and female bovine embryos to develop differently, as early as seven to eight days after fertilization.
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Certain communities of pond plants may increase greenhouse gases
August 27, 2025
The findings could lead to aquatic plant management strategies that help mitigate the release of gases such as methane, carbon dioxide and nitrous oxide.
Bioengineered bacteria could lead to therapeutic antibody drugs
August 26, 2025
A Cornell-led collaboration devised a potentially low-cost method for producing antibodies for therapeutic treatments: bioengineered bacteria with an overlooked enzyme that can help monoclonal antibodies boost their immune defenses.
3D-printed superconductor achieves record performance
August 26, 2025
Nearly a decade after they first demonstrated that soft materials could guide the formation of superconductors, Cornell researchers have achieved a one-step, 3D printing method that produces superconductors with record properties.
Login system helps spot online hacks without sacrificing privacy
August 25, 2025
A new system developed by Cornell Tech researchers helps users detect when their online accounts have been compromised — without exposing their personal devices to invasive tracking by web services.
VCs backed Black founders after BLM – but it didn’t last
August 20, 2025
In the aftermath of the George Floyd murder, the share of venture capitalist dollars that went to Black businesses jumped by 43%. But that trend was short-lived, according to new Cornell SC Johnson College of Business research.
Building energy model offers cities decarbonization roadmap
August 14, 2025
Using Ithaca as a case study, researchers have demonstrated a software tool that can quickly model building energy use and simulate the most cost-effective strategies for improving efficiency and reducing emissions.
Researchers build first ‘microwave brain’ on a chip
August 14, 2025
Cornell Engineering researchers have developed a low-power microchip they call a “microwave brain,” the first processor to compute on both ultrafast data signals and wireless communication signals by harnessing the physics of microwaves.
Time-lapse video made easy – the camera’s in your pocket
August 13, 2025
A Cornell research group has developed software that could let anyone with a camera-equipped mobile phone capture subtle changes over time – of, say, a construction site or the changing seasons – and turn them into a panoramic time-lapse video.
Light-powered, reusable: Sustainable catalyst drives challenging reactions
August 13, 2025
Cornell chemistry researchers have designed a light-powered, reusable catalyst that’s pre-charged by electricity and capable of driving challenging reactions, with applications including drug development and environmental clean-up.
Researchers identify key biomarkers for chronic fatigue syndrome
August 11, 2025
Researchers developed machine-learning models that can sift through cell-free RNA and identify key biomarkers for chronic fatigue syndrome, a debilitating disease that is difficult to confirm in patients because its symptoms can be easily confused with those of other illnesses.
Hiding secret codes in light protects against fake videos
July 30, 2025
A team of Cornell computer science researchers has developed a way to “watermark” light in videos, which they can use to detect if video is fake or has been manipulated, another potential tool in the fight against misinformation.
Shapeshifting liquid crystal can form emulsions, then change back
July 16, 2025
Cornell researchers have developed a two-phase liquid crystal system that can rapidly change – and hold – its shape, transforming from a transparent thin liquid film to an opaque emulsion, and then back again, all with a brief jolt of a high-frequency electric field.
Philosophy Ph.D. candidate wins Newcombe Fellowship
July 14, 2025
Migdalia Arcila-Valenzuela is one of 20 recipients of a 2025-26 Charlotte W. Newcombe Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship.
Two doctoral students awarded DOE fellowships
July 14, 2025
Pascal Caraccioli Salinas and Joshua Luoma were awarded graduate fellowships by the U.S. Department of Energy.
Research at risk: fast delivery of blood transfusions, supplies for troops
July 07, 2025
Cornell researchers have been building decision-support tools, optimization methods and artificial intelligence approaches to help the U.S. Navy and Marines quickly and effectively transport people and supplies – including blood for transfusions – in the event of an overseas conflict or humanitarian disaster.
Student-designed technology bound for space station
July 01, 2025
A pair of student-led projects that feature small, low-cost satellites and light sails are headed to the International Space Station for testing.
Natural sensors help in mapping out cells’ own biology
July 01, 2025
Cornell chemistry and chemical biology researchers have found a new and potentially more accurate way to see what proteins are doing inside living cells — using the cells’ own components as built-in sensors.
Researchers create 3D interactive digital room from simple video
June 30, 2025
Researchers at the Cornell Ann S. Bowers College of Computing and Information Science have developed an AI-powered process that automatically transforms a short video of a room into an interactive, 3D simulation of the space.
Passion and partnerships: Finding success as faculty
June 30, 2025
The sixth Future Professors Institute invited aspiring faculty to engage with current faculty from a variety of backgrounds and institutional types.
Conspiracy theorists unaware their beliefs are on the fringe
June 24, 2025
Overconfidence is a hallmark trait of people who believe in conspiracies, and they also significantly overestimate how much others agree with them, Cornell psychology researchers have found.
Where the gender bias grows: Coming-of-age novels rife with stereotypes
June 17, 2025
Cornell researchers used computational text analysis to sift through more than 300 American coming-of-age novels published over the last 100 years and identified rigid gender stereotypes in the attributes and occupations of feminine and masculine characters.
Emotion – not just action – helps brain define, divide events
June 17, 2025
Study participants who watched scenes from popular movies showed emotion plays a larger role than previously understood in establishing event boundaries that help structure attention and memory.
Common antibiotic is 99.9% effective against typhoid
June 16, 2025
Cornell researchers have identified an antibiotic, rifampin, that is 99.9% effective against Salmonella Typhi, the bacterium that causes typhoid fever.
Better basketball through theoretical physics?
June 16, 2025
A Cornell research team has employed a variation of a theory first used to predict the collective actions of electrons in quantum mechanical systems to a much taller, human system – the National Basketball Association.