http://www.news.cornell.edu Recent news from Cornell University en-us (C) Cornell University ws21@cornell.edu http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov09/ReligionVoters.html How Americans vote is strongly linked to their religious identities, but it is not an independent influence that transcends race, socioeconomic class and gender, reports a new study. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:30:21 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov09/MAGICrobot.html In early November, Cornell was named one of 10 semifinalists in the first Multi-Autonomous Ground-robotic International Challenge. Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:11:06 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov09/BucklerMaize.html New techniques may allow breeders and researchers to use this map of genetic variation to study and improve maize varieties. Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:47:17 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov09/MaasZeo.html More than 300 students in Psychology 101 are taking part in the largest-ever objective study of the sleep patterns of individual college students. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 12:14:51 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov09/ARRAarXiv.html Stimulus funding will enhance Cornell's e-print arXiv of scientific papers to help users identify a work's main concepts, see research reports in context and easily find related work. Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:10:55 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov09/ARRAZipfel.html Professor Warren Zipfel hopes to make fluorescence lifetime imaging up to 1,000 times faster and simpler to implement. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 15:51:06 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov09/HorseGenome.html A Cornell horse was the sole DNA donor for the entire horse genome, which has been recently completed with help from the beginning from Doug Antczak, a veterinary immunologist. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:22:44 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov09/lightswitch.html Engineering researchers have used a very tiny beam of light with as little as 1 milliwatt of power to move a silicon structure up to 12 nanometers. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:21:22 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov09/hospitalitySenior.html The key to success in operating senior living communities is creating a relationship with residents, said panelists at a Senior Living Roundtable, held in October at the School of Hotel Administration. Mon, 16 Nov 2009 12:12:06 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/Nov09/Bostwick.html Researchers explain a striking example of a species modifying an essential body part for the purpose of attracting a mate. Wed, 11 Nov 2009 16:37:21 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/current_month.raw http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/09/11_20_09.pdf http://www.news.cornell.edu/pages/Events.shtml