Inside a clinic in southern Malawi, dozens of children were lying in comas and suffering from cerebral malaria. Yet, the disease could have been completely cured with a series of pills that cost $1.
"This is what I mean by…
As Hurricane Isabel churns in the middle Atlantic and takes aim at the East Coast, the storm's track on Thursday through Friday lies directly through the heart of the Northeast.
For the ravenous viburnum leaf beetle, a relentless southern march continues. The beetle (Pyrrhalta viburni) was found in the Ithaca and surrounding areas late last month by a Cornell University entomologist.
India is the world's largest democracy, but its stability could be threatened if businesses aren't socially responsible. So cautioned industrialist Ratan Tata at the start of his Hatfield lecture April 10 to a packed audience in…
Try mixing caramel into vanilla ice cream -- you will always end up with globs and swirls of caramel. Scientists are finding that galaxies may distribute themselves in similar ways throughout the universe and in places where…
If your Pentium II or Pentium Pro computer runs noticeably faster than earlier models, you might want to send a thank-you note to Hwa C. Torng, Cornell professor of electrical engineering.
Robert Fitzpatrick, dean of the School of the Arts at Columbia University, who will be the keynote speaker at the Cornell symposium "Creating Minds: Artistic Intelligence Across the Disciplines" to be held Feb. 28 and March 1.
Mary Sansalone, professor of structural engineering, has been named a vice provost, Provost Don M. Randel has announced. Sansalone, a Stephen H. Weiss Presidential Fellow, will join the provost's