Almost 20 percent of Americans -- and 42 percent of those over age 65 -- live with a disability, and the numbers are growing as baby boomers age. Taking a positive approach, a new book says that people with disabilities can overcome many of the barriers that prevent them from obtaining optimal and efficient health care. (December 22, 2005)
Student Agencies eLab, the nonprofit accelerator for undergraduate businesses, is helping nine student groups this semester develop and grow their business ideas.
In the bayous of Arkansas, as in other forested habitats, birds are often heard before they're seen. Recorded sounds of Campephilus principalis -- and not something else that sounds almost alike -- can be high-tech "bread crumbs," according to Russ Charif.
Research related to the effects of climate change should be a high priority for applied federal research funds at Cornell, said participants at a daylong conference May 9.
China has become the world's manufacturing center, receiving more foreign direct investment than any other country. For the past two decades, China has enjoyed an "economic miracle" with more than 8 percent growth per year.
Events this week include a winter reception at the Johnson Museum, the inaugural Startup Fair, a film series devoted to sound, and lectures on international relations in China and 1970s politics.
Ever wonder why you don't see mosquitoes on a windy day? The answer to that question is important not only to campers but also to mathematicians who try to understand turbulence in gases and liquids, with applications in everything from weather forecasting to mixing industrial chemicals. There are standard mathematical models that describe how a particle will move in a turbulent fluid, but up to now no one has been able to check the models against real measurements at high degrees of agitation because the particles sometimes move too fast to measure. Now, Cornell University researchers, using techniques developed to observe subatomic particles, have measured turbulent flow in liquids over a wide range of velocities and have come up with some surprising results: Particles often get an extra kick that accelerates them out of proportion to the general motion of the fluid.
Twinkle, twinkle little pulsar is much more than a nursery rhyme to radio astronomers. They have found a way to use the twinkling to measure the velocity and distance of these speeding neutron stars that are up above the world so high that they have escaped from the galaxy.
George Malliaras, associate professor of materials science and engineering, has been named the L.B. Knight Director of the Cornell NanoScale Facility, and Don Tennant of Lucent Technologies will be director of operations.
In an easy, unassuming way, though, University of Iowa President David Skorton was quickly slipping into his role as an integral part of Cornell. Cornell's 12th president began his first day on campus Jan. 21.