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Sherry Martin, associate professor of government, won a Fellowship for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan from the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities. (Dec. 14, 2010)
London has responded effectively to the disruption of services following terrorist bombings July 7, but the event underscores the need for a careful examination of the vulnerabilities of the underground infrastructure of our cities, says a Cornell engineer.
Cornell researchers have laid the groundwork for a chemical sensor on a chip that could be used in small portable devices to analyze samples in a lab, monitor air and water quality in the field and perhaps even detect explosives.
The Department of Fiber Science and Apparel Design hosted its annual end-of-semester show Dec. 7, with samples of student projects from nine courses. (Dec. 13, 2010)
Despite the efforts of food retailers and food-processing plant managers to maintain a clean, safe environment, strains of the deadly pathogen Listeria monocytogenes can persist for up to a year or longer, according to Cornell food scientists.
The European Union has much stricter controls on the release of GM foods than does the U.S., and EU-member states have almost always voted against GM crops, Harry Kuiper said in an Oct. 16 interview. (Oct. 26, 2007)
An architecture firm hired to improve the safety of gorge bridges has assessed the conditions on each bridge and laid out an approach for the project. (Nov. 22, 2010)