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.

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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.

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Ph.D. students Jacob Belding & Ava Forystek created RedAlert tomatoes that turn red when soil nitrogen is low, giving farmers an early warning to fertilize.

The invention is a finalist in the Collegiate Inventors Competition.

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20 tons. 48 hours. Micron precision.

Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS) just installed a new vacuum end station for the High Magnetic Field Beamline, paving the way for breakthroughs in quantum materials + superconductivity.

X-rays are back online, and users return this week.

Thirteen undergrads spent the summer in the CROPPS REU, working on projects in digital biology like gene delivery, plant growth programming, and imaging. They leave with new skills, mentors, and a vision for the future of plant science!

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Two Cornell-incubated startups join the Activate Fellows 2025 Cohort!
🔹 Gallox Semiconductors (Praxis Center)
🔹 RETRN Bio (Life Science Ventures)

Activate provides funding, mentorship & a network to commercialize deep-tech startups.
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Cornell hosted ~170 researchers for the XXII Householder Symposium on Numerical Linear Algebra, featuring 27 plenary talks, prize lectures & poster sessions!

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Professor Jeremy Baskin has received a major grant from ‪@onoinitiative.bsky.social‬ to study how cells control autophagy through lipid modifications—work that could lead to new therapies for cancer and diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s‬‬‬‬‬

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Gallox Semiconductors, founded by Cornell Ph.D. Jonathan McCandless, is the first to commercialize gallium-oxide chips. The tech promises faster, greener computing with lower energy use: impacting consumer electronics, EVs and space systems!

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Congratulations to Cornell's newest American Academy of Arts & Sciences members! Provost Kavita Bala (AI/computing), Prof. Agrawal (ecology) & Dr. Pascual (pediatric medicine) join 174 distinguished Cornell scholars in America's oldest learned society.
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Cornell Research & Innovation spans 3 campuses and dozens of labs where scientists collaborate across biotech, astrophysics, engineering & more. Our incubators & centers transform discoveries into solutions for healthcare, energy & food security. Making impact through innovation.

Cornell startup TETmedical is revolutionizing stroke diagnosis with the world's first rapid in-vitro test. Using enzyme-based biosensors, this breakthrough tech from Cornell Veterinary Medicine helps doctors diagnose strokes in minutes, not hours!

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A DNA test from Embark Veterinary does more than reveal your dog’s breed makeup. It also fuels impactful genetic research at Cornell Veterinary Medicine, leading to new discoveries to improve dogs' health. 🐕🐶🧬

Explore the breakthroughs uncovered by this research partnership: bit.ly/CornellEmbark