Two project proposals by Cornell students have received $10,000 grants from the Kathryn Wasserman Davis 100 Projects for Peace program. (April 12, 2007)
Cornell experts in computational biology and bioinformatics have made key contributions to the analysis of the genome of the rhesus macaque. (April 12, 2007)
Victor Nee, Cornell's Goldwin Smith Professor of Sociology, is one of 189 artists, scholars and scientists selected from more than 2,800 applicants for the 83rd annual competition. (April 11, 2007)
A Cornell team of researchers has produced microscopic 'nanolamps' -- light-emitting nanofibers about the size of a virus or the tiniest of bacteria. The potential applications are in flexible electronic products, which are being made increasingly smaller. (April 11, 2007)
Companies seeking teams of innovators with equal parts technological prowess and business acumen need look no further than Cornell's Business of Science and Technology Initiative, a new program launched this year. (April 11, 2007)
Biodegradable composites made entirely from plant materials, developed by Professor Anil Netravali, promise to save landfill space, reduce environmental carcinogens and boost the local economy. (April 11, 2007)
The Cornell professors are teaching a course on developing outreach programs to give children and teens in a less-privileged area of the Ithaca community a taste of what Cornell might offer them in the future. (April 11, 2007)
The work of Professor David Muller and colleagues in interfacing single layers of atoms has been chosen by the journal Nature Materials as one of its top 10 papers of 2006. (April 11, 2007)