It makes wine smell like a barn, wet leather, horse sweat, or burned beans. It is called "brett," and it produces an often-pungent aroma in wine. Scientists are starting to unravel the chemical mysteries that produce the curious aroma found in fermented beverages like wine and beer
Members of the President's Council of Cornell Women (PCCW) will focus on "Cornell Today: Issues and Actions" at the alumnae group's annual spring meeting on the Cornell campus March 27 to 29.
Andrew S. Schultz, Jr., who was Cornell's fifth dean of the College of Engineering between 1963 and 1972, died March 13 at his home in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.
Two groups of researchers collaborating on a map of the canine genome have discovered the probable genetic correlation between the most widespread cause of inherited blindness in dogs and a similar human disease.
A collection of letters and other documents showing how a handful of American families made history -- and launched a national movement -- by publicly supporting their gay and lesbian children is now available at Cornell University Library's Human Sexuality Collection.
Juliet Mitchell, a psychoanalyst, feminist theorist and member of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences at Cambridge University, will visit Cornell on March 23 to 31 as an A.D. White Professor-at-Large.
Like progressive retinal atrophy (PRA), the term retinitis pigmentosa (RP) refers to a group of diseases with similar pathology but distinct genetic causes.
"New Heights in Food Safety" is the title of a symposium April 2 hosted by the Cornell Institute of Food Science and the Central New York Institute of Food Technologists at the Statler Hotel on the Cornell.
A musical production of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown will be presented by the Asian American Playhouse at Cornell in the Barnes Hall Auditorium at 8 p.m. March 27 and 28.
Cornell will host the TransPositions conference March 27-29, exploring the facets of transgender identity, culture and academic studies. Transgender studies encompass the blurring of conventional gender norms, including transsexuality, crossdressing, intersexuality and androgyny.
