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The Scientist: Suzanne Snedeker
September 30th, 2008Suzanne Snedeker ’78 promotes awareness of environmental estrogens with translational research. Read More
Rediscovering Barbara McClintock
September 23rd, 2008From an early age, McClintock showed great interest in science and problem solving. For a while, financial difficulties and objections from her mother prevented McClintock from higher education. But this changed when her father came back from serving in World War I, and McClintock enrolled in Cornell University in 1919. Read More
The Scientist: Dan Brown
September 23rd, 2008Prof. Dan Brown ’81 knows peanut butter, and he knows nutrition. “It’s tasty, and [people] like to eat it,” he explained. “I mean, who doesn’t like peanut butter?” Read More
“Hole-y” Cows Shed Light on Bovine Digestion
September 23rd, 2008The stomach of a cow is a fascinating place to explore. And any Cornell student can do just thay by putting his hand inside of one of Cornell’s three fistulated cows. Read More
Science News from the Associated Press
September 23rd, 2008NEW YORK (AP) — Crews excavating the World Trade Center site this summer for the foundations of a new skyscraper have uncovered features carved into the bedrock by glaciers about 20,000 years ago, including a 40-foot-deep pothole. Read More
A Bright Future: Wilson Lab Competes to Build Ambitious Bright X-Ray Source
September 16th, 2008In a tunnel deep below Alumni Fields, electrons accelerated to nearly the speed of light have revolutionized scientific discovery by allowing researchers to form images on the atomic scale using powerful X-ray radiation. Cornell physicists are currently planning an ambitious expansion to this facility, which will provide a more powerful X-ray source which promises to push the limits of atomic imaging. Read More
The Scientist: Professor W. B. Currie of Animal Science
September 16th, 2008In a single day’s work, Prof. W. B. Currie, animal science had chartered an airplane, battled a flood, and stood knee-deep in thousands of sheep placentas. With a grin, Currie recalls an Australian experiment synchronizing 10,000 sheep pregnancies at once. Read More
LHC Hacked
September 16th, 2008A group of hackers identifying themselves as the 2600 succeeded in hacking into a computer network of the Large Hadron Collider at CERN. CERN scientists said the network is used to analyze data from the new accelerator’s Compact Muon Detector. Read More