science
December 9, 2008 - 11:10pm
By Josh Pothen
Scientists have recently discovered one of the largest single-celled organisms in the seafloor of the Bahamas. Why should you care? Because it's providing new insights into evolutionary history.
December 3, 2008 - 12:29am
By Elizabeth Manapsal
According to recent studies, women and men are affected by stress in different ways, which can lead to problems of equality in the workplace. As the number of women in the field of computer science diminishes, it's necessary to investigate why this is so. Elizabeth Manapsal discusses the some possible sources of the problem and urges employers to develop more support to help women cope with the isolating stress they often feel in the hard sciences.
November 18, 2008 - 12:00am
By Munier Salem
Cornell’s Chem-E Car Team competed this Sunday in the national Chem-E Car competition, taking first place with their shoebox-sized hydrogen fuel cell car. The competition was held at the American Institute of Chemical Engineer’s Centennial annual meeting in Philadelphia.
The cars were designed to transport anywhere between zero and 500 mL of water anywhere between 50 and 100 feet in under two minutes. Right before the competition commenced, an announcement was made that this year’s competitors would need to transport 250 mL exactly 60 feet.
The Cornell team’s vehicle stopped zero inches from the 60-foot marker — the first time a car has ever demonstrated that level of accuracy.
Wireless communication and devices like the iPhone may expand the reach of patient monitoring and health research
November 12, 2008 - 12:00am
By Jayce Doose
When people suffer from chronic or long-lasting diseases life hangs by a thread. Patients remain under constant monitoring and medical supervision while they slowly recover from illnesses. Traditionally, this monitoring confined sufferers to an uncomfortable hospital environment, but recent advances in wireless communication technology may soon allow for remote monitoring.
November 12, 2008 - 12:00am
By Chris Bentley
John Sulston in 2002, delivered the sixteenth Annual Ef Racker Lecture on Thursday to a packed Call Auditorium. The lecture, “Cell Suicide: Programmed Cell Death in Development and Disease,” outlined the history of modern biology’s understanding of cellular death.
October 29, 2008 - 1:03am
By Molly OToole and Munier Salem
Next Tuesday, America will elect the next president of the United States and new members of the 111th Congress. Perhaps more than ever scientific issues are at the forefront of the political battleground.
October 22, 2008 - 6:11am
By The Associated Press
India launched its first mission to the moon Wednesday, rocketing a satellite up into the pale dawn sky in a two-year mission to redraw maps of the lunar surface.
October 7, 2008 - 11:00pm
By A. Drew Muscente
Students replicate famous past experiments to prepare for the experiments of physics’ future.
October 1, 2008 - 12:54am
