The time is near, Cornell waste-management researchers say, when patrons of environmentally friendly restaurants can take home two packages: the traditional doggie bag of leftovers for tomorrow's lunch box plus a sack of compost for the garden or window box.
Two Cornell physicists, Robert C. Richardson and David M. Lee, won the 1996 Nobel Prize in Physics for their 1971 discovery of the superfluid helium-3, a breakthrough in low-temperature physics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced today. (Oct. 9, 1996).
Philip Meilman has been appointed director of psychological services at Cornell University's Gannett Health Center. Meilman joined the staff on Sept. 23, and he brings 19 years of experience devoted to college mental health.
Igor Novikov, theoretical astrophysicist, will deliver two lectures as the Thomas Gold Lecturer at Cornell. Novikov, a professor at the Theoretical Astrophysics Center in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Most people think nothing of it when their desktop ink jet printer spews out page after page of documents, or how the characters are formed, letter after letter, line after line. The hum of the cartridge moving across the page is their only concern.
A chemistry symposium in honor of the 75th birthday of Harold Scheraga, Cornell University professor of chemistry emeritus, will be held Saturday, Oct. 19, in Baker Laboratory on the Cornell campus.
The Cornell University Student Farm is holding a Harvest Festival on Saturday, Oct. 5 (raindate Oct. 6), to close down the farm officially for this season.
The future of aircraft, satellite technology and space missions all will be discussed down on Earth when prominent figures in the aerospace industry and government convene at Cornell University on Saturday, Oct. 12.
Anthony Vidler, professor of art history and architecture and chair of the Department of Art History at the University of California at Los Angeles, has been nominated as dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning at Cornell University.
The fungus responsible for the legendary Irish potato famine of the last century is staging a strong resurgence and scientists want to fight back. Researchers from Poland, Russia, Netherlands, United Kingdom, Canada, Peru, Mexico and the United States will gather in Ithaca on Oct. 7 and 8 at Cornell University to discuss the problem and how to fight it.
Microscopic examination has revealed the defense secret of a tiny millipede that was entangling its enemies millions of years before porcupines and Velcro came along.
