NEW ORLEANS -- The era of waiting days for E. coli bacteria lab results soon will be at an end for food processors and health departments, thanks to a new type of biological sensor that works much like a home-pregnancy test in one format. At present, it takes technicians days to incubate and then implicate harmful and deadly bacteria in food poisonings, but the new sensor does its detective work in just minutes. (March 15, 2002)
In the latest issue of Nature Medicine, researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College report the discovery of a new source of neural stem cells in the adult human brain. Dr. Steve Goldman and his group made the startling discovery that glial progenitor cells of the white matter, a common population of support cells first isolated by this group three years ago, are capable of giving rise to neurons as well as to glial cells.
Genetic cues from male mosquitoes passed on during sex affect which genes are turned on or off in females post-mating, offering clues for controlling mosquitoes that carry diseases.
Holding candles flickering in the twilight of March 8, hundreds of students gathered on Ho Plaza to honor Cornell's 13th president, Elizabeth Garrett, who died of colon cancer March 6.
The Cornell University Board of Trustees Executive Committee will meet in New York City Thursday, June 21. The meeting will be held in the Fall Creek Room of the Cornell Club of New York, E. 44th St.
Cornell University's Community and Rural Development Institute (CaRDI) will hold a conference, "Everything Old Is New Again: The New Approach to Community Development," May 22-23 at the Wyndham Syracuse, Route 298, East Syracuse, N.Y. The conference is designed to help community leaders, development professionals and government officials focus on how localities can accelerate and sustain healthy development. (March 20, 2002)
New York State Librarian and Assistant Commissioner for Libraries Janet M. Welch recently announced three grants totaling more than $390,000 to Cornell University Library for cooperation in preserving endangered research materials.
Researchers have found that irradiation of material creates nanometer-sized defects that trap swirling eddies in the flow of electrons, keeping them out of the way so more current can flow through superconductors.
A genetically engineered tobacco plant, developed with two genes from blue-green algae (cyanobacteria), holds promise for improving the yields of many food crops.