ITHACA, N.Y. -- Like a personal ad proclaiming: "Tall, good looking, disease-free," brightly colored male animals are advertising something of importance to their prospective mates. Should the female assume the gaudiest male has parasite-resistance genes that will benefit her offspring? Or that she simply won't pick up bugs from the guy? A Cornell University biologist's analysis of mating-success studies, as reported in the March 5, 1996, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (Vol. 93, pp. 2229-2233), suggests that the direct benefit -- avoiding parasites for herself and her young ones -- may have a role in the evolution of male flamboyance.
Challenge Industries has begun operation of the state-of-the-art Cornell Hydroponics Facility, an 8,000-square-foot greenhouse using Cornell-developed technology to grow lettuce.
As a direct result of a meeting of the Cornell faculty with members of the Presidential Search Committee, two additional members of the faculty will be added as full members to the committee, Charles Walcott, dean of the faculty, has announced.
Norm Scott, professor of biological and environmental engineering and former vice president for research and advanced studies at Cornell, discusses fuel cells on farms, recycled vegetable oil for vehicles and industrial ecological systems in China.
Illustration by Carla DeMelloRussian mathematician Grigori Perelman posted his proof to the Poincaré Conjecture on arXiv in three parts. The titles of his submissions are encrypted above in three rebus puzzles created by Carla…
Imagine a school lunch program with entrees containing only 6 percent of calories from fat, almost completely based on nutrient-dense USDA commodity plant foods such as dried beans, lentils, bulgur wheat and brown rice, and -- here is the hard-to-imagine part -- is readily eaten by children. Yet such food is being served -- and consumed -- in six schools across the nation, thanks to a pilot program developed at Cornell.
Some animal owners are preparing for the death of a beloved pet. Some are grief-stricken by a sudden, unexpected loss, while others are still trying to cope months later. Students in the Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine have started the Pet Loss Support Hotline.
Volunteering boosts self-esteem and energy and gives Americans a sense of mastery over their lives, particularly in later midlife, says a new Cornell study.
The Cornell lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community is planning a broad range of cultural and educational programs throughout 'Gaypril.'
New York state's most vulnerable children, those who are hard to place with adoptive parents because of their age or special needs, receive very different levels of support depending on where they live, according to a new Cornell study.