Spices were an early engine of globalization, says Tagliacozzo on New York City panel

Historian Eric Tagliacozzo was one of three panelists Jan. 14 at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City to discuss food as a driving force of economic development. (Jan. 18, 2010)

Cornell musician's tribute to Saturn arrives on DVD

A concerto, composed by Grammy nominee and Cornell professor of music Roberto Sierra, and perfectly timed images of the planet Saturn are now available on a new DVD.

Online poker study: The more hands you win, the more money you lose

The more hands players win in online poker, the less money they're likely to collect, especially when it comes to novice players. That is but one of the findings from a new Cornell study.

Fred Schneider named to Defense Science Board

The Department of Defense has announced the appointment of Cornell computer security expert Fred Schneider to its Defense Science Board.

Researchers find genetic differences between lethal and treatable forms of leukemia

Chemical codes that control the behavior of normal and malignant cells have been identified and may lead to more precise treatment for people with leukemia.

New superconductivity mechanism found in iron compound

Cornell researchers have discovered electronic liquid crystal states in an iron-based, high-temperature superconductor.

CU deploys experimental TeraGrid resource for MATLAB

The Cornell Center for Advanced computing has deployed A 512-core parallel cluster running the scientific language MATLAB as an experimental resource on the TeraGrid. (Jan. 7, 2010)

Stimulus funding to help search engines learn on the job

New research aims to create search-engine software that can learn from users by noticing which links they click and how they reformulate their queries when the first results don't pay off. (Jan. 7, 2010)

Grace Kiyabu '10 published in national literary magazine

Grace Kiyabu's essay on cooking and relationships has been published in the fall 2009 issue of The Collegiate Scholar, an online publication.