Cornell biologists, who became underwater disc jockeys to study a homely fish that hums, say they have a clue as to how mate selection works. The auditory portion of the midbrain uses the acoustic qualities of all the noise to isolate one signal it is programmed to recognize as potentially interesting.
Events on campus this week include organ concerts in Sage; concerts in Bailey; lectures by economist David Card, Steven Zunes, Ph.D. '90, Nick Salvato and Hod Lipson; poetry readings; museum events. (March 10, 2011)
NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The leading North American conference on derivative financial markets takes place in New York City's financial hub this April 25 and 26. The opening speaker is Stephen Ross, the inventor of arbitrage pricing theory (APT) and other findings that have helped change the way people think about investing. One Nobel laureate in economics said of Ross: "Listen carefully. Everything he says is like gold." Ross' latest ideas and other empirical results in futures, options, new forms of pricing models and risk management will be shared at the 13th Annual Conference on Derivatives. It is sponsored by Cornell University's Theory Center and Johnson Graduate School of Management and The Mathworks, and takes place at the New York Information Technology Center, 55 Broad St., 4th floor. (April 18, 2003)
Cornell researchers have demonstrated for the first time a device that allows one low-powered beam of light to switch another on and off on silicon, a key component for future 'photonic' microchips in which light replaces electrons.
NEW ORLEANS -- U.S. reliance on foreign oil production could be reduced by chemically mapping the subsurface streams of hydrocarbons, amounting to tens of billions of barrels, hidden well below the Gulf of Mexico, says a Cornell University geologist. These untapped oil and gas reserves can be found by matching hydrocarbon chemical signatures with geologic models for stratigraphic layers under the sea floor, says Lawrence M. Cathles, a professor of chemical geology at Cornell in Ithaca, N.Y. (March 21, 2003)
Recognizing the seriousness of the proposed $183.5 million reduction in tax dollar support for the 34 state-operated campuses of the State University of New York, including the contract colleges at Cornell.
Under a black cloth in a small cylinder in the basement of a Cornell building, a storm is raging. The cloth is there to protect the unwary from the centerpiece of the laboratory, an instrument equipped with a laser beam powerful enough to harm the retina of the eye.
It's a student takeover of the most welcome variety -- the annual fete called Hotel Ezra Cornell on the Cornell campus. On Friday, April 20, Statler Hotel managers will hand over the ceremonial key to the on-campus facility to directors, and for the rest of the weekend all hotel services and events will be handled by more than 400 student.
A train has derailed at the edge of a city, spreading toxic chemicals and fumes over a wide area. Before rescue and decontamination workers can enter the danger zone, they need more information: How widespread is the contamination?
The Mars Rover will be rolled out for the first time on Saturday in Ithaca. Not the real Mars Exploration Rover (MER), two of which will roam and study the surface of Mars in 2004, but a full-scale replica of a MER and its scientific instruments, made out of wood, plastic and aluminum. (February 8, 2002)