Cornell researchers have identified a mating mechanism that possibly could be adapted to prevent female mosquitoes from spreading the viruses that cause dengue fever.
Cornell's first arts biennial in 2014 will frame dynamic changes in 21st-century culture and art practice, and in nanoscale technology, with projects by faculty, students and guest artists.
Lenses and prisms for electron waves, combined mechanical and optical oscillators and terahertz frequency generators are 'high-risk' projects at Cornell receiving DARPA Young Faculty Awards. (April 1, 2008)
The period from April 1865 to October 1868 was spent constructing Morrill Hall, White Hall and Cascadilla Place, recruiting faculty and buying equipment. On Oct. 7, 1868, the university opened. (June 12, 2007)
Our Earth is a rare oasis in space and time, said Don Brownlee, University of Washington professor of astronomy and this year's Thomas Gold lecturer, in a public talk March 31 in Rockefeller Hall. (April 2, 2010)
Retirees who move to rural areas often have a positive impact on local economies, but they also drive up housing prices and can have other negative effects, Cornell research finds. (March 26, 2008)
Jefferson W. Tester '66, M.S. '67, will hold the first Croll Professorship of Sustainable Energy Systems in the College of Engineering. He will speak on campus, March 28-29, during the college's alumni association conference. (March 25, 2008)
Researchers have invented an efficient, inexpensive method to electrically characterize individual carbon nanotubes, even when they are of slightly different shapes and sizes and are networked together. (Dec. 15, 2008)
The single-layer carbon sheets' stellar qualities are only just being understood in all their capacities, the researchers say in a review article about the material's past and potential. (Nov. 8, 2011)
A host of Cornell scientists participated in LUX, a light, art and nature exhibition with speakers April 21 in Milstein Hall auditorium. (April 23, 2012)