Cornell researchers have discovered that tiger beetles use their antennae to mechanically sense their environments and avoid obstacles while running at blinding speeds.
Kent Austin has accepted the joint position of vice president of football operations, general manager and head football coach of the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger-Cats, effective immediately.
International development expert Ramaswami Balasubramaniam has been named a Frank H.T. Rhodes Class of '56 Professor at Cornell. He will be in residence Sept. 23-30. (Aug. 16, 2012)
Cornell President Emeritus Frank H.T. Rhodes has just published "Earth: A Tenant's Manual," a book exploring planet Earth, from its place in the universe to the evolution of life on its land and in its seas.
Cornell researchers have peered into the complex network of receptors that give bacteria the ability to sense their environment and respond to chemical changes as small as 1 part in 1,000.
A NASA-funded collaborative research team led by Cornell engineers launched a rocket Feb. 18 from Alaska's Poker Flat Research Range to collect data straight from the heart of the aurora borealis.
Ravi Singh, a Cornell adjunct professor, said how wheat varieties are being developed rapidly to combat a global threat at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting, Feb. 16-20.
