Preschoolers whose families get federal food aid have much healthier diets than low-income children whose families are not getting assistance. And federally aided children are protected from iron and zinc deficiencies, according to a new Cornell study.
Cornell student teams showed off their high-tech projects at the College of Engineering undergraduate research showcase Sept. 17 in Duffield Hall. (Sept. 19, 2011)
Future exploration of Mars could be severely weakened if President George Bush's proposed budget for NASA is adopted as it stands, Cornell astronomer Steve Squyres said in testimony to Congress, March 13. (March 14, 2008)
A study of Christmas lights finds they contain more lead than is allowed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Housing and Urban Development for windowsills or floors. (Nov. 24, 2008)
Cornell scientists are pushing the upper limits of microresonator frequency with a device that generates a 4.5 gigahertz signal, the highest ever achieved in silicon. (March 13, 2008)
Stephen Marschner, assistant professor of computer science, is the recipient of a 2006 Sloan Research Fellowship that recognizes his work in computer graphics.
The fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation provide support…
Are young children reliable witnesses in court? How easily are their memories distorted? How can interviewing techniques and repeated questioning affect children's reports of events? What can professionals do to elicit accurate testimony from children? These questions are explored in the new book, Jeopardy in the Courtroom: A Scientific Analysis of Children's Testimony, co-authored by award-winning developmental psychologists Stephen J. Ceci, Ph.D., of Cornell University and Maggie Bruck, Ph.D., of McGill University.
A mere $10 investment to enroll in a Cornell Cooperative Extension financial education program reaped an average $5,000 gain in net worth for participants one year later, according to a Cornell University survey.
Cornell ecologist Nelson Hairston Jr. is a pioneer in a field known loosely as 'resurrection ecology,' in which researchers study evolution by hatching eggs of zooplankton buried in mud for decades to centuries. (July 16, 2009)