Two very similar species of Amazonian electric fish share a key difference: One uses direct current (DC) and the other alternating current (AC), according to a new study.
Vice President for Student and Campus Life Ryan Lombardi informed the community that the body of electrical engineering student Aalaap Narasipura had been recovered by law enforcement search teams.
Coffee hours at the Carl Sagan Institute have spurred multi-disciplinary talks among faculty members from 11 departments and five colleges and schools at Cornell.
Professor John Cawley is the editor of 912-page volume, 'The Oxford Handbook of The Social Science of Obesity' (2011), a new 'Rosetta stone' on the causes and consequences of obesity. (Sept. 14, 2011)
Members of the Classes of 1945 and 2005 shared their memories of the attacks on Pearl Harbor and the World Trade Center during a June 5 Reunion Weekend panel discussion.
Already this year, several coyotes have been spotted in Manhattan, said Paul Curtis, a Cornell urban wildlife expert speaking to reporters on New York City's urban wildlife boom in Manhattan May 18.
Michael Mazourek, Cornell's new Calvin Noyes Keeney Professor of Plant Breeding, engineers designer vegetables and fruits, such as black-and-white cukes and pear-flavored melons. (Sept. 19, 2011)
To see if rural towns benefit from selling local farm products to urban consumers, the USDA awarded a $500,000 grant on Feb. 25 to a team of Cornell researchers led by economist Todd Schmit.
David Atkinson '60 has announced that he and his wife, Patricia, have endowed the Francis J. DiSalvo Director of the Atkinson Center in honor of the retiring director Frank DiSalvo.