Francine D. Blau, ILR ’66, credited with changing the way scholars and policymakers think about the role of gender in pay and other economic issues, is the 2010 winner of the prestigious IZA Prize in Labor Economics, the Institute for the Study of Labor, an international think tank in Bonn, Germany, announced today (Sept. 30). […]
NSF grants $109 million for accelerator physics
In a major boost for X-ray science and accelerator physics, the National Science Foundation (NSF) has committed about $109 million to Cornell’s continued operation of an X-ray synchrotron facility, as well as to develop a new kind of X-ray source that promises to revolutionize the field. The Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS), one of […]
Trustee gives $10 million for canine genomics program
Cornell will establish the world’s first canine genomics program with a $10 million gift — the single largest donation ever given to the College of Veterinary Medicine — from an anonymous university trustee. The gift will support investments in three areas: endowed professorships and faculty startups; DNA sequencing; and the DNA Bank, which is an […]
Weill Institute passes two-year milestone
Cornell’s Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology is on track to becoming fully operational by 2013, says Director Scott Emr. The institute, which opened its labs and offices in 2008 in Weill Hall, Cornell’s state-of-the-art research building, is part of Cornell’s New Life Sciences Initiative to drive revolutionary advances in the life sciences by […]
NSF supports safer Internet project
By Anne Ju Cornell computer scientists are sharing in a $7.5 million National Science Foundation grant toward creating a better, more secure Internet. The three-year grant will allow Cornell and 10 other institutions to revisit many of the core assumptions that have shaped the Internet during its first three decades by creating a project called […]
How much smoking is safe? The answer appears to be none
By Krishna Ramanujan Smokers often wonder if smoking less might be safer for their health. The answer appears to be no. Occasional smoking, and even second-hand smoke, create biological changes that may increase the risks of lung disease and cancer, according to a new study. Even at the lowest detectable levels of nicotine in urine, […]
Scientists unravel trait leading to better brain power
By deciphering the genetics in humans and fish, scientists now believe that the neck — that little body part between your head and shoulders — gave humans so much freedom of movement that it played a surprising and major role in the evolution of the human brain, according to Cornell and New York University neuroscientists […]
Discovery likely to produce abundant adult stem cells
Rafii In a leap toward making stem cell therapy widely available, researchers at the Ansary Stem Cell Institute at Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC) have discovered that endothelial cells, the most basic building blocks of the vascular system, produce growth factors that can grow copious amounts of adult stem cells and their progeny over the […]
Protein discovery may help mosquito control
By Krishna Ramanujan Li Wang/Provided This image shows a section of a renal tubule from an adult female mosquito (Aedes aegypti). The arrows indicate cells that stain positive for expression of a protein that promotes urination as the mosquitos feed on blood. Cornell researchers have found a protein that may lead to a new way […]
Prostate cancer surgeons ‘feel’ with their eyes
Tewari Robotic surgical technology, with its 3-D, high-definition view, gives surgeons the sensation of touch while they operate from a remote console. A new study published in the March issue of the British Journal of Urology International reports that surgical outcomes for prostate cancer surgery using this minimally invasive robotic technology compare favorably with traditional […]