The Mars Exploration Rover, one of the two vehicles scheduled to explore the surface of Mars in 2004, is built and seemingly ready for its trip, complete with a full payload of scientific instruments— about two years in advance. But this is not the real rover.
The latest in insect control: "cotton candy." One day farmers might exchange pesticides for an industrial grade polymer that looks and acts like cotton candy as a major weapon against onion maggots, cabbage maggots, corn earworms and other agricultural pests.
Researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar have identified a region of the date palm genome linked to gender, making it possible to quickly and easily identify male and female trees. (June 1, 2011)
A new policy paper, 'Dismantling the Poverty Trap: Disability Policy for the 21st Century,' by Cornell experts spells out how current policies force those with disabilities into poverty, whether they work or not, and offers reform recommendations.
Many people have heard of a heart of gold, but what about a heart that glows? Cornell researchers have genetically engineered mice whose hearts fluoresce as they beat. The development gives researchers insights into how hearts develop in living mouse embryos and could improve our understanding of irregular heartbeats. (March 7, 2006)
Step aside, Cookies-n-Cream. Move over, Neapolitan. It's time to hit the (Rocky) Road. For their winning project in Food Science 101, eight Cornell students have developed an ice cream flavor with an evocative name, Sticky Bunz.
Keeping your "good" cholesterol high – with plenty of exercise and a healthy body weight – is not only important for cardiovascular health, but could also benefit lung health, according to a new study at Cornell University.
Filled with such items as course catalogs and electronic devices, the College of Human Ecology's 10-feet-long time capsule will be opened during Cornell's bicentennial. (Nov. 19, 2012)
NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has found a bright vein of a mineral deposited by water. Analysis of the vein will help researchers better understand the history of wet environments on Mars. (Dec. 9, 2011)
Every person's odyssey to sexual awareness is different. But for a gay, lesbian, transgendered or bisexual teen-ager, disclosing his or her sexual preferences to parents is a particularly difficult milestone.