If hydrogen molecules could be pressured into transforming themselves into a metallic phase, would that material be a useful high-temperature superconductor? A Cornell University theoretical physicist posed just such a scenario in 1968. Now, almost 30 years after surmising it, he may be proved right.
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Adults and children can make an acid-base indicator to test foods, read a book about a rabbit gardener and then sprout a kidney bean, or test several foods for fat using a paper towel. These activities are examples from two new Cornell Cooperative Extension publications that combine fun, food, nutrition and science experiments for parents, teachers, 4-H club leaders, scout leaders and other adults to do with children ages 5 to 12.
Former U.S. Sen. Edmund S. Muskie (D-Maine), a 1939 Cornell Law School alumnus who went on to serve as a secretary of state and to run for president, died on Monday, March 25, at Georgetown University Medical Center.
Exotic animals, farm animals, companion animals, working animals and the medical care they receive will be showcased at the annual Open House of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell, Saturday, April 13, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
ITHACA, N.Y. -- A diet based on wheat foods such as pasta, bread and cereal may be contributing to this nation's soaring rates of diabetes, obesity, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and coronary heart disease, according to a new Cornell University study. On the other hand, rice-based diets, and to a lesser extent fish and green vegetables, appear to lower the level of blood values associated with the risk of these diseases.
Donald Kagan, a guest scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the Hillhouse Professor of History and Classics at Yale University, will give a University Lecture at Cornell University on Monday, April 1, at 4:30 p.m. in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium of Goldwin Smith Hall. The title of the free and open lecture is "On the Conclusion of Wars as the Foundation for Peace."
ITHACA, N.Y. -- When their veterinarian said Shasta could die within the year, the Hoffmans were devastated and they faced a tough decision. Should they give up the 6-month-old German shepherd for research into a canine disorder that may parallel some forms of human Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)? Or should they let their own kids enjoy the seemingly healthy puppy while she lived? Cardiac arrhythmias in sleeping dogs are pointing to one possible cause of SIDS in humans. Researchers at the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University have found that some German shepherds have an inherited abnormality that predisposes them to sudden death at an early age.
University of Pennsylvania Law School Professor Lani Guinier, whose nomination by President Clinton for the nation's top civil-rights post was derailed following allegations by conservative members of Congress and the media that she had a radical agenda and favored quotas, will deliver the Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Foundation Lecture on Thursday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m. in Cornell's Statler Hall Auditorium.
The Cornell African Students Association will host a conference on sustainable development in sub-Saharan Africa on Saturday, March 30, in Anabel Taylor Hall Auditorium. Free and open to the public.
The Cornell Board of Trustees will meet in Ithaca on March 28 and 29. The Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees will meet from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday, March 28, in the Yale-Princeton Room of the Statler Hotel. A 20-minute open session will be held at the start of the meeting.
A white-tailed deer that had been frequenting a ledge in Fall Creek Gorge on the Cornell campus has left and has not been spotted since Wednesday morning, March 20. Cornell experts in the College of Veterinary Medicine, the Department of Natural Resources and in the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation all agreed that the deer should be left alone to find its way out.
ITHACA, N.Y. -- The committee for the 1996 Robert S. Smith Award for community progress and innovation is inviting proposals from community organizations and agencies. Applications are due by April 19, 1996. Established at Cornell University in 1994 through a grant of $100,000 by the Tompkins County Trust Co., the award is named for the bank's former board of directors chairman, who is the W.I. Myers Professor Emeritus of Agricultural Finance at Cornell.
