Scientists have found the gene that sends a signal through plant immune systems, saying, in effect: "Take two aspirin and call out the troops – we're under attack!"
In real life machines that analyze DNA are about the size of a refrigerator. Cornell researchers are working on a "biochip" -- an "artificial gel" made of silicon -- that might be a step toward the science fiction dream.
Researchers at Cornell are testing devices that could form the basis for a potential ultrasmall computer data storage system that could gather up to 100 times as much information in the same space as present-day magnetic data disks.
Witness, a Grammy-nominated singing quartet, will headline the 21st Annual Festival of Black Gospel at Cornell, Feb. 21 to 23. The festival is the centerpiece of the university's Black History Month celebration.
Children who benefit from child support payments seem to fare better than those who obtain the same amount of money from welfare, according to a Cornell study. And when child support stems from an agreement between parents rather than a court-ordered one, the children do even better.
Potential presidential candidates in the year 2000 may want to adopt a cat, suggests one educator who has made an informal study of America's 'first pets.'
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Potential presidential candidates in the year 2000 may want to adopt a cat, suggests one educator who has made an informal study of America's "first pets." "Cat owners will probably find better success at the polls than dog owners, just as President Clinton defeated George Bush and Senator Dole, both of whom are dog owners," said Franklin M. Loew, dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University.
The English mastiff dog, a breed that sometimes carries the gene defect for the canine eye disease progressive retinal atrophy (PRA), has been revealed as a key animal model to help explain retinitis pigmentosa (RP) in humans.
Barely measurable amounts of energy, released as body heat, could be the difference between holding the waistline or adding 10 pounds a year, say Cornell researchers who turned couch-potato rats into exercising athletes.