Despite recent efforts by Washington to turn pathogens into panaceas, Russia's once-immense biological weapons program continues to be a cause for anxiety.
Whenever Cornellians and campus visitors confess they must have missed the fabled Cornell Plantations, planners of the newly revised "Cornell Plantations Path Guide" politely disagree.
Fruit-eating fish in South America help disperse fruit trees during flood season. Fungi that attack sea fans get even nastier when the tropical waters warm by just a few degrees, and although sea fans counterattack with upgraded defenses, the fungi win out.
The main reason some people get fat isn't because of genetics or how much they eat, says a Cornell obesity researcher. It's because compared with thinner people they snack more often during the day and move about a lot less.
Cornell University researchers have demonstrated a novel method of separating DNA molecules by length. The technique might eventually be used to create chips or other microscopic devices to automate and speed up gene sequencing and DNA fingerprinting.
Last July the U.S. government officially declared that genocide was occurring in the Darfur region of western Sudan. This July 12 a group of Cornell students will begin a Ride Against Genocide, a 600-mile bike ride to help rally the world to halt it. Their destination is Ottawa.
Got milk? Apparently, you do. A Cornell study to be published in the forthcoming issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics (December 1997).
Reviewing thousands of ultrasound scans at a Scottish hospital, pregnancy researchers found that many cases of extremely premature delivery and poor fetal growth are likely to be determined as early as the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.
International M&A, Joint Ventures and Beyond: Doing the Deal -- the first U.S. book dealing exclusively with cross-border deals -- is set to be published by John Wiley & Sons on Nov. 28.