Does exposure to certain pesticides increase the risk of breast cancer? Is there a link between childhood obesity and adult breast cancer? If human estrogen promotes some kinds of breast cancer, can phytoestrogens from plants possibly offer protection?
Local and state government officials are learning that factors such as skilled labor, strong infrastructure and good schools provide more incentive than tax subsidies for businesses to start up or relocate to New York, according to a Cornell report by graduate researchers delivered on May 29.
Trac Minh Vu has created an experimental video, Nha Ba Nguoi (The House of Three), which contains footage from a trip he made to Vietnam with his mother during winter break. The 18-day journey marked the first time he had been in the country since emigrating to America as an infant with his parents in 1975.
President Hunter Rawlings announced two key administrative appointments at the Cornell Board of Trustees' final meeting May 23. Rawlings announced the appointment of two new vice provosts.
The computer-modeling accomplishment - which is expected to aid the future design of tiny insect-like flying machines and should dispel the longstanding myth that "bumblebees cannot fly.
Researchers in Civil and Environmental Engineering and other disciplines are helping New York state address a broad range of transportation problems. The three-year contract has an anticipated budget of $1 million per year.
Carl L. Becker House, the second of five 'living and learning' houses in Cornell's West Campus Residential Initiative, is opening a year ahead of schedule, Aug. 19.
Congress should be wary about adopting the recent flat-tax proposals being pursued on the Hill, says Cornell economist Robert Frank key lawmakers last month in Washington, D.C.
A noted astrophysicist and observatory administrator, widely experienced in international collaboration, has been chosen to direct the National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center. He is Robert L. Brown.