http://www.news.cornell.edu Recent news from Cornell University en-us (C) Cornell University ws21@cornell.edu http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June09/PatersonUSDAlabs.html Three USDA labs at Cornell - the Holley Center for Agriculture and Health in Ithaca and the Plant Genetic Resources Unit and Grape Genetics Research Unit in Geneva - will share $925,000 for upgrades. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:00:18 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June09/CLEO500th.html The paper was submitted to Physical Review D and describes precise measurements that are key to understanding fundamental parameters in elementary particle theory. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:55:09 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June09/GeneTherapy.html It is now possible to engineer tiny containers the size of a virus to deliver drugs and other materials with almost 100 percent efficiency to targeted cells in the bloodstream, according to a new Cornell study. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:17:10 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June09/collaborativePoll.html A Cornell/New York Times/NY1 poll asked New Yorkers their views on obesity, key politicians, the economy and gay marriage in early June. Questions were contributed by Times pollsters and Cornell faculty members. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:56:37 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June09/DietAgingGrant.html Cornell biochemist Shu-Bing Qian of the Division of Nutrition Sciences has received a $400,000 grant over four years to study how diet impacts the aging process at the molecular level. Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:54:57 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June09/TunguskaComet.html The mysterious 1908 Tunguska explosion that leveled 830 square miles of Siberian forest was almost certainly caused by a comet entering Earth's atmosphere, says new Cornell research. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 16:48:53 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June09/DefiantGardens.html Cornell is helping the military plant Defiant Gardens to give military families a way to connect with each other, with civilians and with their deployed parent or spouse. Wed, 24 Jun 2009 11:51:45 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June09/WindmillsWorkshop.html At the Cornell Workshop on Large-Scale Wind-Generated Power on June 13, researchers proposed using bio-acoustic and radar technology to address whether wind turbines pose risks to billions of night-flying birds. Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:24:04 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June09/FertilizerWorld.html In a Science policy forum piece, co-author Laurie Drinkwater says that fertilizer is often used way too much or too little across the world, and both extremes have substantial human and environmental costs. Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:20:51 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/June09/EmeraldAshBorer.kr.html The threat posed by the emerald ash borer is 'extreme,' says entomologist E. Richard Hoebeke. 'There is the potential for ash as we know it to be extirpated from the landscape.' Thu, 18 Jun 2009 18:28:08 EST http://www.news.cornell.edu/current_month.raw http://www.news.cornell.edu/Chronicle/09/05_29_09.pdf http://www.news.cornell.edu/pages/Events.shtml