Rough roads impose a hidden tax on motorists in wear and tear, depreciation and higher fuel use that can add 20 cents a mile over the cost of driving on smooth surfaces, says Lynne Irwin, Cornell associate professor of highway…
As long as children continue to be coerced into militias, peace talks in those countries to settle armed conflicts are unlikely, assert two Cornell University researchers. (June 9, 2006)
GENEVA, N.Y. -- The "growing" season arrived early for the New York State Agricultural Experiment Station's vineyard research programs when the legislature passed the state budget providing funding for several Cornell initiatives…
A new Cornell University effort is aimed at promoting organic milk production in New York state. The NY Organic Dairy Initiative, funded by the farmer-led New York Farm Viability Institute (NYFVI), is targeted at the state's…
Qi Wang, associate professor of human development in the College of Human Ecology at Cornell, has been selected as the 2006 recipient of the Young Scientist Award from the International Society for the Study of Behavioral…
Lynette Chappell-Williams, director of the Office of Workforce Diversity, Equity and Life Quality at Cornell University, has been named a 2006 Rising Star by Human Resource Executive magazine for "having demonstrated leadership…
Three common asthma inhalers containing the drugs salmeterol or formoterol may be causing four out of five U.S. asthma-related deaths per year and should be taken off the market, researchers from Cornell and Stanford universities…
Garden Mosaics, a science education and outreach program based at Cornell University that has been thriving in more than two dozen cities around the country for several years, now has taken root internationally, most notably in…
"Clean" sweet corn is not easy to grow, but organic and no- or low-spray growers are successfully dealing with potential pest infestations using tiny wasps so consumers won't find little worms when they husk their corn.
Fervent fans waved his name and picture on banners. But after besting 16 others over 15 weeks, Cornell alumnus Lee Bienstock '05 lost his bid Monday, June 5, to become millionaire uber-celebrity Donald Trump's next apprentice. …
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology has done it again.
No, they have not found another "extinct" bird (as they did in 2004 by rediscovering the ivory-billed woodpecker), but they did beat out 50 other teams of birders to win the…
About 17 percent of college students -- 20 percent of women and 14 percent of men -- report that they have cut, burned, carved or harmed themselves in other ways, reports a new survey by Cornell and Princeton University researchers.
