Horses 2002 conference featuring equine educational seminars and clinics to be held at Cornell April 6-7

Cornell will host Horses 2002, a two-day conference April 6 and 7, featuring demonstrations, clinics, educational seminars related to equine issues, and speakers, including horse-and-rider relationship expert GaWaNi Pony Boy.

From hamsters to humans, Cornell neurobiologists' brain-development timeline finds many parallels – and a few curious exceptions

A team of Cornell neurobiologists has modeled key milestones in brain development across nine mammalian species, from hamsters to humans.

'Conservation at Home' is theme of Zoo and Wildlife Society's special species symposium at Cornell, April 20-22

The Zoo and Wildlife Society at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine will present its sixth Special Species Symposium April 20 to 22 for veterinary students, technicians, and veterinarians.

To protect against foot-and-mouth disease, Cornell animal science department bans visitors and unauthorized personnel at two facilities

Taking precautions to ensure that the cloven-hoofed animals at Cornell remain safe from foot-and-mouth disease, the Department of Animal Science has implemented a ban on guest visits to two animal research facilities.

Cornell researchers replace test tube with tiny silicon devices to rapidly measure, count and sort biological molecules

Researchers are using nanotechnology to build microscopic silicon devices with features comparable in size to DNA, proteins and other biological molecules – to count molecules, analyze them, separate them, perhaps even work with them one at a time.

Researchers learn what it takes to make the bluebird of happiness happy

Sixteen years of hard work and setbacks have taught Professor Emeritus Richard B. Fischer what it takes to make the bluebird of happiness happy: Location, location, location. And a few amenities.

Morning sickness is Mother Nature's way of protecting mothers and their unborn, Cornell biologists find

As unpleasant as it is, the nausea and vomiting of "morning sickness" experienced by two-thirds of pregnant women is Mother Nature's way of protecting mothers and fetuses from food-borne illness and also shielding the fetus from chemicals that can deform fetal organs at the most critical time in development.

Spiders get better web sites by rising early

The early spider catches the web site. Researchers at the University of Cincinnati and Cornell University have discovered how large female spiders in colonies are able to claim enough territory to rebuild their daily webs

Cornell veterinary students seek solution to pet overpopulation 'disease'

Each year an estimated 12 million cats, dogs and other pets in the United States are euthanized - not because the animals are sick but because humans have the 'disease' of not caring about pet overpopulation.