Cornell Research & Innovation
banner
research-and-innovation.cornell.edu
Cornell Research & Innovation
@research-and-innovation.cornell.edu
Cornell Research & Innovation accelerates cutting-edge discoveries into real-world solutions, transforming today's scientific breakthroughs into tomorrow's societal impact.
Pinned
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
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.
December 24, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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
December 16, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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
December 9, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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
December 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
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
December 2, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Reposted by Cornell Research & Innovation
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
November 4, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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
October 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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
October 21, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Reposted by Cornell Research & Innovation
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...
October 17, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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
Ithaca startup aims to free diabetes patients from daily burden | Cornell Chronicle
Persista Bio aims to help the daily life of the 9 million people worldwide suffering from Type 1 diabetes.
bit.ly
October 14, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Reposted by Cornell Research & Innovation
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....
October 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Reposted by Cornell Research & Innovation
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
This 4-year-old's heart is failing. A federal grant that might help him was canceled
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
October 9, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Reposted by Cornell Research & Innovation
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...
October 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Reposted by Cornell Research & Innovation
As part of New York #ClimateWeek, The Urban Tech Hub at Cornell Tech’s Jacobs Institute was proud to host a series of panels today on the crucial role of public transit in combating the climate crisis, in collaboration with the Climate Tech Action Network (CTAN). @climategroup.bsky.social
September 26, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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.

Read more: bit.ly/4mSfKTm
September 30, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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.
September 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Cornell researchers discovered that a “three-tailed” fat molecule called NAPE helps protect cells during heart attack and stroke by driving lactic acid out of oxygen-starved cells. Studies point to a potential new way to limit tissue damage.

Read more: bit.ly/3V6exfF
‘Three-tailed’ lipid helps cells survive during heart attack, stroke | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers have uncovered the surprising role played by a “three-tailed” fat molecule in cellular survival during heart attack and stroke: protecting the cells against damage when oxygen runs...
bit.ly
September 16, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Bacteria may carry the seeds of their own destruction.

Cornell CALS biologists found that sugar-phosphate buildup weakens cell walls, a discovery that could open new paths to fight antibiotic resistance.

Read more: bit.ly/3VHacQa
Cornell biologists expose bacteria’s hidden Achilles’ heel | Cornell Chronicle
Helping to combat the rising threat of antibiotic resistance, Cornell biologists have identified a surprising mechanism that weakens bacteria from within—an insight that could guide the next generatio...
bit.ly
September 9, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Reposted by Cornell Research & Innovation
Join us today (9/4) from 3-5pm in the Big Red Barn for an R & RStudio Drop-in Installation Session! Come get help setting up R & RStudio on your laptop!.
cscu.cornell.edu/workshop/r-d...
@cornellgrad.bsky.social @research-and-innovation.cornell.edu
September 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Reposted by Cornell Research & Innovation
Interested in learning R or just need a refresher? The Essentials of R for Statistics workshop series kicks off tomorrow (9/9) at 2pm. Free and open to all @cornelluniversity.bsky.social. Come join us!
cscu.cornell.edu/workshop/the...
@cornellgrad.bsky.social @research-and-innovation.cornell.edu
September 8, 2025 at 12:50 PM
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!

Read more: bit.ly/4mISeZB
September 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Cornell hosted the 2025 SUPREME Annual Review, bringing together 150+ researchers, students, industry leaders & gov partners to share advances in semiconductors and workforce training.

Cornell is helping lead the U.S. effort in chip innovation!

Read more: bit.ly/4p2E1sa
Cornell showcases semiconductor leadership at 2025 SUPREME annual review | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell University hosted the 2025 SUPREME annual review, bringing together academia, industry, and government to advance next-generation semiconductor innovation and workforce development.
bit.ly
August 28, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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.
Read More: bit.ly/3HSOLZd
August 26, 2025 at 3:41 PM