Two Cornell researchers provided a Congressional briefing on the potential effects of hydraulic fracturing, used to extract natural gas in rocks deep within the earth, Feb. 22, in Washington, D.C. (March 2, 2010)
Cornell researchers have shown exactly how fruit flies maneuver through the air, and how they keep stable even when a whoosh of wind knocks them off course.
The late Erna Gramse, MP '33, a longtime librarian and a graduate chemistry student at Cornell during the Great Depression, has bequeathed a gift to Clark Physical Sciences Library. (March 1, 2010)
The harder consumers try to track how much their groceries will cost, the worse they do, according to a new study co-authored by Brian Wansink in the March issue of the Journal of Marketing. (March 1, 2010)
Cornell's Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences has received $7.5 million from the National Science Foundation for the continuing support of the Jicamarca Radio Observatory near Lima, Peru. (March 1, 2010)
The NYS Integrated Pest Management program has been cut from the proposed New York budget. Yet it saves farmers millions of dollars and keeps New Yorkers safer and healthier, says a Cornell expert.
Cornell psychology and neurobiology professor Timothy DeVoogd has written an editorial in the Feb. 26 issue of Science calling for more 'science diplomacy' with developing countries. (March 1, 2010)
'Take a Nanooze Break' is the latest Cornell-developed science exhibit to be displayed at Innoventions at Walt Disney World's Epcot theme park in Florida. (March 1, 2010)
Thousands of women sit in prison because they fought back against an abusive person in their lives, but they don't always get to share their stories in court, said panelists Feb. 24 at the Cornell Law School. (March 1, 2010)
Professor Matt Evangelista discussed the history of nuclear disarmament and the obstacles that stand in the way of achieving it in a talk Feb. 18. (March 1, 2010)
Assistant professor of English Lyrae Van Clief-Stefanon has been named a finalist for a 2009 Los Angeles Times Book Prize, for her National Book Award-nominated poetry collection 'Open Interval.' (Feb. 26, 2010)
