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A new project will harness the power of genome editing – a technique that allows researchers to precisely target, cut, remove and replace DNA in a living cell – to improve rice, a staple crop that feeds half the world’s people. The project, led...

Airline passengers who eat meals vary in their ability to taste sweet, sour, bitter and salty flavors. In studying how airplane noise affects the palate, Cornell food scientists have found sweetness suppressed and a tasty, tender tomato surprise...

Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the supermarket – nibbling free samples like no one is watching – the Cornell Food and Brand Lab has your number: 28. Shoppers who first received a sample apple slice purchased 28 percent more...

Contested Global Landscapes, an Institute for the Social Sciences theme project, ended this month after three years of collaborative study. But members of the interdisciplinary group will produce a new book series and jointly teach courses and...

Just in time for Charter Day, which marks Cornell’s 150th birthday … Through vintage images, explore the history of plant science at Cornell — the students, the faculty, the Nobel laureates and other leaders and more. Special thanks to Ed Cobb...

Upstate women on tap to brew successful careers in beer Walk into a beer brewing class these days and it’s hardly the “all boys club” it once was. Scattered throughout the audience of men, you’ll find women with eyes focused up front and pens in...