Butter made from milk containing increased levels of a natural fatty acid reduced the risk of breast cancer in laboratory animals, according to new research published today
Researchers are interested not only in what happens when you combine two chemicals, but also in how the bonds between these chemicals are formed. That understanding might lead to better control over chemical reactions and perhaps even the creation of complex molecules with unusual properties.
Over a century ago, scientists discovered that some plants don't permit fertilization by their own pollen. And for the past quarter-century, scientists have known that cellular communication exists between the female stigma and the male gamete, or pollen, it receives.
The New York State Court of Appeals today unanimously dismissed the appeal of Cornell Professor James Maas from previous adverse court rulings dealing with his suit against Cornell claiming $1.5 million in damages.
Once again, it's the luminescent-bovine event of the holiday season. Those clopping sounds emanating from the Cornell Dairy Bar's rooftop belong not to reindeer but to Cornell cows.
Scott McMillin, Cornell professor of English, has been awarded the Sohmer-Hall Prize for outstanding work in early English theater and staging. McMillin shares the honor with Sally-Beth MacLean at the University of Toronto for collaboration on their book.
Imagine the freshest food prepared to order right in front of you as you converse with the chef about your sauce preferences. A five-star restaurant in New York, San Francisco or Hong Kong? Close. But wait. Imagine, further, your choice of five or six such restaurants, five or six kinds of meals, all within one bright, light, wood, brick, slate-and-ceramic contemporary space.
Michael P. Hoffmann, Cornell associate professor of entomology, has been appointed as director of Cornell's New York State Integrated Pest Management program.
But according to new research by Cornell entomologist Bryan N. Danforth, not all the viable larvae emerge in any one year of diapause, and their "coming out" is triggered by rain.
The Cornell Lectures Series will present a symposium, "Creativity, Dissidence and Autobiography: Two Egyptian Voices," with Nawal el Saadawi and Sherif Hetata on Nov. 29, at 3 p.m. in Hollis E. Cornell Auditorium of Goldwin Smith Hall.
The International Society of Chemical Ecology will present Alan Renwick, a senior scientist at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research Inc., with the Silverstein-Simeone Award for Outstanding Research Chemical Ecology at its international meeting in Marseille, France, on Nov. 16.