Researchers from Cornell, Rutgers, U-Penn, and U-Pitt gathered at the 2026 Tri-State Symposium on Reproductive Sciences to advance collaborative research on infertility, repro-aging, embryo development, and maternal health. Read more: bit.ly/4o9SVNf @cornellrepro.bsky.social @cohenlab.bsky.social

Tri-Repro 2027 has been amazing! 270 attendees from across the US (and UK!), supported by our co-host institutions, Penn, Pittsburgh, and Rutgers. Congrats to the Trainee Committee for an outstanding program, and thanks to our 5th Stuart Moss Memorial Lecturer, @schindlerlab.bsky.social!

We will be holding drop-in consulting on the 3rd floor of Savage Hall this summer. Come visit us with your questions! cscu.cornell.edu @cornellgrad.bsky.social @research-and-innovation.cornell.edu

Astronomers at Cornell are using a new instrument to study the earliest galaxies by capturing the combined light of millions of distant galaxies at once. The breakthrough could reshape how scientists study cosmic history and star formation. Read more: https://bit.ly/3Ru7lv5

Scientists at Cornell are advancing Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s disease research by studying how neurons signal for repair and removal in the brain. Discoveries in molecular biology and neurodegeneration could help lead to future therapies. Read more: bit.ly/48Tn4tA @weillinstitute.bsky.social

Public opinion shapes policy, trust, and institutions. The Roper Center for Public Opinion Research has named its 2026 student scholars advancing research on political behavior, inequality, global influence, and healthcare data. Read more: https://bit.ly/4dhDMoW @ropercenter.bsky.social

Listen to the new Cross Tabs Podcast with Farrah Bostic and our Director of Data Operations and Communications, Kathleen Weldon. Find your preferred listening platform:

A new CRISPR-based genetic toolkit enables genome-wide, single-cell gene analysis in fruit flies, speeding gene discovery and revealing insights into brain function, development, and disease. Developed by researchers at Cornell University. Read more: bit.ly/421Ofi0 @weillinstitute.bsky.social

How do major climate policies shape daily life? Leah Stokes visits Cornell this week to explore the story behind the Inflation Reduction Act and what it means for energy, jobs, and climate action. Read more: bit.ly/4sNV81w @leahstokes.bsky.social @cornellilr.bsky.social

Climate change at the molecular scale: CCMR‑linked research shows temperature reshaping the proteins that drive photosynthesis. Link: news.cornell.edu/stories/2026... @research-and-innovation.cornell.edu

CSCU Assisted Pub: Share, rotate, split: The effects of group work role distributions on student outcomes journals.aps.org/prper/abstra... Congratulations, Jacob, Matt, & Natasha! @research-and-innovation.cornell.edu

AI is driving up computing costs worldwide. Cornell startup Exostellar, now acquired by Qualcomm, developed software that makes AI faster and more efficient. The result could mean more accessible, lower-cost AI tools across industries. Read more: bit.ly/4dS2bCx

Researchers at Cornell found bacteria surviving penicillin become starved of key building blocks. Pairing penicillin with another drug exploiting this weakness boosts effectiveness, offering a new way to fight infections and slow resistance. Read more: bit.ly/4cqH6Od @weillinstitute.bsky.social

Researchers at Cornell are helping lead a global effort to rethink food systems using programmable plants that can signal their needs and adapt to stress. The goal is more resilient crops, lower costs, and a more secure food supply. Read more: bit.ly/4bXC4Hu

Announcing our next Roper Roundtable with accomplished journalists Nathaniel Rakich, Ariel Edwards-Levy, and Philip Bump! Join us April 14, at 2 PM ET & learn how journalists use public opinion from Roper iPoll. bit.ly/4t3f291

Two startups, REEgen and RETRN Bio, are scaling up in Ithaca, bringing 50+ new jobs to the Southern Tier by setting up shop at SouthWorks, a $38M redevelopment that bridges the gap between Cornell incubator and full manufacturing facility. Read more: bit.ly/4bL1CYe

CCMR-supported researchers used electron ptychography (and our world-record-resolution EMPAD detector) to image "mouse bite" 🐁 defects in semiconductor transistors for the first time. No mice were harmed. Many transistors were interrogated news.cornell.edu/stories/2026... @davidamuller.bsky.social

Researchers at Cornell discovered that DNA “promoters” and “enhancers” can both control and boost gene activity, working together as a network. This insight could improve gene therapies and help explain complex diseases like cancer. @weillinstitute.bsky.social Read more: https://bit.ly/4193rcF

Today is Giving Day at Cornell! Please support the labs, instruments, and staff that help researchers develop new therapies, advance agriculture, and build technologies to improve our lives. Make a gift at the link below: https://givingday.cornell.edu/organizations/research-innovation

Cornell researchers discovered a molecular “gate” that helps cells control nitric oxide, which regulates blood pressure, brain signals, and immune defense. The finding could lead to more precise treatments for heart and neurological diseases. Read more: bit.ly/3Nukqmw

CSCU Workshops this week: Working with Spatial Data in R, Tuesday 3/10 at 10am Linear Models for Spatial Data, Thursday 3/12 at 10am Free and open to all @cornelluniversity.bsky.social! Come join us! cscu.cornell.edu/workshops/cu... @cornellgrad.bsky.social @research-and-innovation.cornell.edu

Cornell University Giving Day is next week! Consider supporting @weillinstitute.bsky.social and our faculty, staff, and students working to advance discovery in cell and molecular biology. Visit our donation page on March 12th: givingday.cornell.edu/campaigns/we...

Dear ANES community, the link below introduces our new Board of Advisors, led by Jamie Druckman. Jamie follows John Aldrich, who deftly chaired the Board for nearly 2 decades. This new group will guide us through the 2028 election cycle. Our deepest thanks to outgoing and incoming Board members!

What if crops could signal when they need fertilizer? Cornell researchers built a system where plants detect nitrogen stress and automatically trigger precise nutrient delivery, aiming to cut waste and reduce runoff. Read more: bit.ly/4aWLVwH

High school seniors stepped into the cleanroom at the @Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility to build real microchips. Programs like ATLAS are preparing students for new semiconductor jobs as Micron Technology expands in New York. Read more: https://bit.ly/3MfJtcF

How cells handle stress can shape diseases like cancer and neurodegeneration. Cornell researchers uncovered a new protein interaction that keeps the cell’s recycling system in balance, revealing clues that could inform future therapies. Read more: https://bit.ly/4qqdhRy

Our spring semester workshops kick off this week with Introductory and Intermediate Statistics Using Stata. Free and open to all @cornelluniversity.bsky.social nell. Come join us! cscu.cornell.edu/workshops/cu... @cornellgrad.bsky.social @research-and-innovation.cornell.edu

Our spring semester workshop schedule is now available. All workshops are free and open to all @cornelluniversity.bsky.social. Come join us! For more info and to register: cscu.cornell.edu @research-and-innovation.cornell.edu @cornellgrad.bsky.social

Join us for an upcoming info session to learn about Cornell Tech’s Summer Innovation Intensives — an immersive, 3-week summer program (July 13–30) for high school juniors, seniors, and first-year college students. In person: Jan 25 Virtual: Jan 28 RSVP: https://bit.ly/3NhhNnQ

Cornell Tech researchers developed an algorithm that can decode the numeric representations powering search & recommendation systems back into readable text—without access to the encoder—exposing a major privacy risk for companies & users. @cornellbowers.bsky.social More: https://bit.ly/4qyMzqT

New Year's resolutions for New Jersey’s clean energy economy: ✅Climate-safe ✅Energy-secure ✅Union-built The latest report from #CornellILR's Climate Jobs Institute explores NJ’s future, developed in partnership with NJ labor unions during the ongoing energy & affordability crisis. Read the report:

Cornell researchers have introduced C3Po, a breakthrough in computer vision that links real-world images to building layouts – opening new possibilities for robotics, indoor navigation, and digital reconstructions. @cornellbowers.bsky.social Learn more: https://bit.ly/48RdzLT

Meet Charles Rodenkirch, founder of Sharper Sense, a startup launched through the Runway Startup Postdoc Program at Cornell Tech. Hear how Runway took the idea from research to a real company. Applications for the 2026 cohort are open. Apply by Feb 1: https://cornelluniversity.smapply.io/

Cornell Tech and @scjohnsoncollege.bsky.social are proud to share that the Johnson Cornell Tech MBA has been ranked #4 on @poetsandquants.bsky.social’s 2026 World’s Best MBA Programs for Entrepreneurship list. 🎉 View the full list here: https://bit.ly/4aQX83B

Behind every research breakthrough is a team you rarely see. As the Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope nears first light in Chile, engineers, machinists, electronics experts and riggers at Cornell are making frontier cosmology possible. Read more: https://bit.ly/3LzR4SK

Happy Holidays from Cornell Research & Innovation! This year brought real challenges, and our research community met them with perseverance and generosity toward one another. We’re deeply thankful for your work and hope the holidays bring moments of rest, joy, and connection.

Federal funding has resumed for several Cornell projects, including a pediatric heart pump, tick-borne disease diagnostics and military nutrition research. Teams are working to recover lost time so innovations can reach communities sooner. Read more: https://bit.ly/3MwetVu

In 2025, four @Cornell-originated startups were acquired by global partners, helping their technologies reach more people worldwide. From workplace safety and animal health to surgical recovery and biologics R&D, Cornell innovations are making an impact. https://bit.ly/4iJnkip

Cornell researchers built a new aluminum nitride transistor that could boost 5G, 6G and radar performance while reducing reliance on gallium, a material mostly produced abroad. Using far less gallium strengthens U.S. supply security Read more: bit.ly/4azAxZ9

Cornell researchers unveiled ProKAS, a new biosensor tech that maps where and when kinase enzyme signals occur inside living cells. It could transform studies of cancer, drug response and disease mechanisms. Read more: https://bit.ly/48f2SCD

@cornellupress.bsky.social @cornellilr.bsky.social @research-and-innovation.cornell.edu @cornellaaup.bsky.social @cornellasap.bsky.social The speed in which our institutions are capitulating is devastating. I’d appreciate hearing responses from staff and/or students. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

CSCU Assisted Pub: Grove-First: A Generalizable Framework to Evaluate Translational Solutions to Citrus Greening and Other Perennial Crop Diseases apsjournals.apsnet.org/doi/10.1094/... Congratulations, Michelle and all! @cornellcals.bsky.social @research-and-innovation.cornell.edu

Using X-rays at CHESS, Dr. Kushol Gupta (@guptapenn.bsky.social) and UPenn Medicine scientists found that DNA’s building blocks can unfold under high pressure and spring back when pressure eases, offering new clues into genome stability and disease. Read more: bit.ly/48TkDbo

Move over, mole day: happy #bioorthogonal copper-free click chemistry day to all who celebrate! 🎉 www.livescience.com/chemistry/sc... @carolynbertozzi.bskyverified.social

Cornell researchers have found a new way to stop tumors by blocking how cancer cells “read” lipid messages that drive their growth. Their compound, NF14, triggers melanoma and bone cancer cells to self-destruct while sparing healthy tissue. Read more: https://bit.ly/3Wk7Bfs

Thanks to the Cornell Chronicle and @research-and-innovation.cornell.edu for highlighting our new small molecules targeting lipid-binding proteins in cancer! news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...

Cornell startup Persista Bio is developing an implant that could restore insulin production in people with Type 1 diabetes, without injections or immune suppressing drugs. Backed by NIH, the team’s O2Line technology reversed diabetes in rats. Read more: bit.ly/3KOa0wm

Attention @research-and-innovation.cornell.edu community: Come enjoy refreshments, networking, and a live viewing of the “Election Night Analysis and Projections,” Roper Roundtable on Oct. 29 at 1 pm in 291 Clark Hall! Register: ropercenter.cornell....

A Cornell University researcher has been developing an artificial heart for children for more than 20 years. Now, his research is on hold and his lab is shut down. n.pr/3KIfcSn

The Disability and Access in Tech and AI Summit—powered by @yainetwork.bsky.social—is Cornell Tech's annual conference to discuss issues around accessibility, including research, identity & policy. Join the conversation—virtual tickets for Day 2 are still available! tech.cornell.edu/cornell-tech...