Cornell University Library is partnering with Google Inc. to digitize materials from the library's collections and make them available online through Google Book Search. (Aug. 8, 2007)
In what could be a breakthrough in the treatment of Parkinson's, a team led by physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center has completed the first-ever phase 1 clinical trial using gene therapy to battle the disease. (Aug. 8, 2007)
The State Department has named Cornell food scientist Syed Rizvi as a Jefferson Science Fellow. Fellows spend a year at the department, working to engage the academic science and engineering communities in U.S. foreign policy. (Aug. 8, 2007)
A new wind turbine on Appledore Island, home of Shoals Marine Lab, symbolizes the lab's efforts to make Appledore a case study for innovative sustainable practices. (Aug. 6, 2007)
Cornell researchers have demonstrated a new way to make nanoscale resonators vibrate 'in the plane' -- that is, side to side -- and have shown that this can improve biodetection by shaking off extraneous stuff that isn't supposed to be detected. (Aug. 6, 2007)
In its summer 2007 fiction issue, The Atlantic magazine included Cornell in its list of the leading U.S. graduate writing programs, citing the quality of the program's alumni and faculty, its selectivity and its resources. (Aug. 6, 2007)
Among all American colleges and universities, Cornell University's motto is the best, according to Motto magazine, which recently released its first annual Top 10 Motto List. (Aug. 6, 2007)
The source for Saturn's enigmatic G ring may be debris formed by collisions between micrometeorites and relatively large, icy particles that form an arc along the ring's inner edge, CU researcher Matt Hedman and colleagues report. (Aug. 6, 2007)
About 40 percent of deaths worldwide are caused by water, air and soil pollution, concludes Cornell's David Pimentel. Such environmental degradation, coupled with the growth in world population, are major causes behind the rapid increase in human diseases worldwide. (Aug. 2, 2007)
The entire TCAT fleet of 49 buses has been outfitted with electronic card readers that can validate Cornell ID cards and keep better track of ridership trends. (Aug. 2, 2007)
A rally Aug. 2 to support the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community at Cornell and in Ithaca was nearly 200 strong by 8:30 a.m. The rally was held in response to a nearby hate group protest. (Aug. 2, 2007)
