After decades of relative quiet, black stem rust fungus has emerged again in a virulent new form for which 90 percent of the world's wheat varieties have no resistance. (April 2, 2008)
Lenses and prisms for electron waves, combined mechanical and optical oscillators and terahertz frequency generators are 'high-risk' projects at Cornell receiving DARPA Young Faculty Awards. (April 1, 2008)
Retirees who move to rural areas often have a positive impact on local economies, but they also drive up housing prices and can have other negative effects, Cornell research finds. (March 26, 2008)
Researchers hoping to use carbon nanotubes for quantum computing -- in which the spin of a single electron would represent a bit of data -- may have to change their approaches, Cornell physicists say. (March 26, 2008)
President David Skorton tells national reporters that higher education, especially in science and math, must be looked at as a problem solver and not as a separate interest group.
This year, Maple Weekend is March 29-30, but by 2080, it could be as early as Jan. 29-30 in northern New York, say climate change experts. (March 24, 2008)
Matthew DeLisa, assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering, has received the inaugural Daniel I.C. Wang Award, sponsored by John Wiley & Sons Inc. and by the journal Biotechnology and Bioengineering. (March 19, 2008)
