Brightly glowing nanoparticles known as 'Cornell dots' are a safe, effective way to 'light up' cancerous tumors so surgeons can find and remove them. (Feb. 18, 2009)
The Alumni Playwrights Reunion Weekend at the Schwartz Center will welcome back five accomplished Cornellians and will feature readings of their work, a roundtable discussion and a new play.
With proper management practices, farmers could grow crops while maintaining ecosystem services, said Cornell professor Alison Power during her AAAS presentation in Chicago. (Feb. 17, 2009)
Using a cotton candy machine, a team of physicians and scientists from Weill Cornell Medical Center and the Ithaca campus may have developed a way to create engineered tissue. (Feb. 17, 2009)
The Cornell International Genetically Engineered Machines student project team, formed this year, uses biological, not mechanical, components to make machines. (Feb. 17, 2009)
Cornell physicists Maury Tigner and Ernest Fontes spoke on the future of accelerator-based science at the 2009 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. (Feb. 17, 2009)
The Corporation for National and Community Service has named Cornell to its President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, With Distinction, for the second year in a row. (Feb. 16, 2009)