Add this universal truth to biology textbooks: the mass of a plant's leaves and stems is proportionally scaled to that of its roots in a mathematically predictable way, regardless of species or habitat. In other words, biologists can now reasonably estimate how much biomass is underground just by looking at the stems and leaves above ground. Up to now, plant biologists could only theorize about the ways stem and leaf biomass relate to root biomass across the vast spectrum of land plants. Researchers from Cornell University and the University of Arizona spent two years poring over data for a vast array of plants -- from weeds to bushes to trees -- in order to derive mass-proportional relations among major plant parts. (February 19, 2002)
A team of Cornell scientists, aided by a $837,000 Microbial Observatory grant from the National Science Foundation, is going after methane-generating bacteria and other microbes.
Theodore Bikel, an Emmy award-winning actor and former leader of Actors' Equity Association, the pre-eminent U.S. union for stage actors, is the pre-Labor Day speaker at Cornell University Aug. 31.
Cornell President Hunter Rawlings has named the 1996 Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellows, honoring their "effective, inspiring and distinguished teaching of undergraduate students."
While Andrew Dickson White's role in helping to found Cornell has been rightfully celebrated, his prowess as a book collector has gotten short shrift, say Mark G. Dimunation, Cornell's curator of rare books, and Elaine D. Engst, university archivist.
George T. Milkovich, the Martin P. Catherwood Professor in the human resource department at the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University, has been elected a Fellow of the National Academy of Human Resources. Milkovich was one of nine individuals elected a Class of 1996 Fellow.
While radio station traffic reporters track the annual migration patterns of Thanksgiving holiday celebrants, somewhere in the Pacific Ocean - off the western coast of South America - there are some leatherback turtles who have just begun to share their traffic information.
On Jan. 25, students will come together for Global Seminar ALS 480, a spring semester course that examines international food issues and formulates positions on worldwide agricultural sustainability.
Scientists associated with the Cornell's Center for Advanced Technology (CAT) in Biotechnology have received a U.S. patent on an immune cell receptor protein that is believed to be the site of infection for the virus that causes AIDS.
Scientists associated with the Cornell University Center for Advanced Technology (CAT) in Biotechnology have received a U.S. patent on an immune cell receptor protein that is believed to be the site of infection for the virus that causes AIDS.
A mere $10 investment to enroll in a Cornell Cooperative Extension financial education program reaped an average $5,000 gain in net worth for participants one year later, according to a Cornell University survey.
The presidential and U.S. Senate races are not the only contests roiling the waters in Ithaca. On Nov. 7, residents will vote on a referendum that could allow fluoridation of the municipal water supply for the first time in the upstate city. A Cornell research class has found that while a vocal minority opposes fluoridation, city residents appear to support it.