Two very similar species of Amazonian electric fish share a key difference: One uses direct current (DC) and the other alternating current (AC), according to a new study.
Duane Hoch, a postdoctoral researcher at Cornell studying bacteria that cause Legionnaires' disease, has received the 2009 Sam and Nancy Fleming Research Fellowship from Cornell's Weill Institute. (Oct. 5, 2009)
Cornell professor was recently given a boost with $937,000 in federal stimulus money to create simple models to mimic and study cholesterol in cell membranes. (Sept. 21, 2009)
Cornell Provost Emeritus Malden Nesheim, longtime director of the Division of Nutritional Sciences, has co-authored a book: 'Feed Your Pet Right: The Authoritative Guide to Feeding Your Dog and Cat.'
Cornell research suggests that butterflies' hind wings help them evade predators, and their bright colors warn birds that chasing them isn't worth the energy. (Jan. 6, 2009)
The Departments of Food Science and of Plant Pathology each host about one dozen undergraduates from around the country as summer scholars to garner career interest in their fields. (June 20, 2011)
Cornell professors Steve Zinder and Dan Buckley and 20 advanced students spent six weeks on Cape Cod collecting, isolating and identifying novel microbes. (Sept. 9, 2009)
Students will have the opportunity to learn from two new A.D. White Professors-at-Large: cultural critic Rebecca Solnit and conservationist Jeffrey McNeely, who were appointed to six-year terms. (Sept. 8, 2009)
Cornell received a Forrester Groundswell Award Nov. 19 for the globalrust.org website, which provides tools for people fighting the virulent new diseases of wheat that threaten world food security. (Nov. 29, 2010)