As methane concentrations increase in the Earth’s atmosphere, chemical fingerprints point to a probable source: shale oil and gas, according to new Cornell research published in Biogeosciences.
Astronomers seeking life on distant planets may want to go for the glow. Harsh ultraviolet radiation flares from red suns, once thought to destroy surface life, might help uncover hidden biospheres.
Lisa Kaltenegger, director of Cornell University’s Carl Sagan Institute and one of the world's leading experts on exoplanets, comments on the upcoming launch of NASA's new satellite telescope known as TESS.
Events on campus this week include talks by artist/scientist Joe Davis and scholar Judith Butler, films by Bill Morrison in Sage Chapel, concerts, plays and more.
A sustained collaboration between the 'two cultures' of the arts/humanities and that of science need to be supported as much as possible, said former Cornell Provost Don Randel, Oct. 14. (Oct. 17, 2011)
Architect Richard Meier '56, B.Arch. '57, and artist Frank Stella discussed their disciplines, their work and their friendship at the inaugural Eli Broad Lecture, Sept. 12, at the Morgan Library in Manhattan. (Sept. 19, 2011)
To help introduce new members of the university's faculty to the Cornell community, the Cornell Chronicle is publishing brief new-faculty profiles for the 2014-15 academic year.
Michael Fontaine's studies underscore that many of our current concerns are rediscoveries of themes from Rome and Greece. He has been tracing these parallels in a field not often studied in classics departments: modern psychiatry.
Rebecca Slayton, assistant professor at Cornell University’s Science & Technology Studies Department and an expert on international security and cooperation, comments on the WannaCry cyber-attacks that have spread across 150 countries since Friday. Slayton says the attack shows both the vulnerabilities and resilience of our computer systems.
Researchers from Boyce Thompson Institute have found that plants manipulate nematode pheromones to repel the pests, which cause more than $100 million in damage to crops every year.
