Posts Tagged ‘Cornell University’
Top Stories - Apr 12, 2011 10:02 - 0 Comments
Black hole smash-ups eject ‘doughnuts’
CALTECH / CORNELL (US) — Physicists now have a way to visualize how space and time warp when black holes slam into each other. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 30, 2011 15:15 - 0 Comments
Folate-gene link tied to colon cancer
CORNELL (US) — Scientists have identified a gene that when combined with a folate deficiency increases the risk of colon cancer in mice. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 23, 2011 12:29 - 1 Comment
Malaria mosquitoes split (genetic) ways
CORNELL (US) —Neighboring malaria mosquito groups in Sub-Saharan Africa have taken two different evolutionary approaches to fight pathogens, new research shows. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 23, 2011 11:39 - 0 Comments
Torque lends spin to memory storage
CORNELL (US) — Researchers have discovered a way to measure and optimize performance of computer memory that can retain stored information without power. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Mar 22, 2011 14:33 - 0 Comments
Climate cynics lack media literacy
CORNELL (US) — The public’s distrust of climate science is due in large part to an overall misunderstanding of how the media works and where it gets and how it disseminates its information. (more…)
Society & Culture - Mar 21, 2011 14:01 - 2 Comments
U.S. bombings profited Viet Cong
CORNELL (US) — The ineffective and wrongheaded strategy of aerial bombings by U.S. allied forces during the Vietnam War was largely responsible for neutral citizens aligning with the Viet Cong. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 17, 2011 14:36 - 0 Comments
Gene hitched to neural birth defects
CORNELL (US) — Consumption of folic acid before and during pregnancy can reduce the risk of spina bifida and anencephaly by up to 70 percent. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 17, 2011 12:30 - 0 Comments
Mosquito sex combats disease
CORNELL (US) —The intricate sex life of the mosquito may hold clues to controlling diseases like the dengue and yellow fevers, and the West Nile virus. (more…)
Science & Technology - Mar 16, 2011 16:22 - 2 Comments
Terahertz superchips can do it all
CORNELL (US) — Terahertz radiation—currently used in airport body scanners—could prove instrumental in a wide range of medical and science applications, from detecting cancer and tooth decay to inspecting food through packaging. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 25, 2011 10:19 - 0 Comments
Bacteria use pump to resist drugs
IOWA STATE (US) — Researchers have uncovered two parts of the three-part crystal structures of pumps that recognize and remove heavy metal toxins from bacteria. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Feb 24, 2011 14:15 - 2 Comments
Being too clean harms immune system
CORNELL (US) — A cell from the body’s own immune system appears to be responsible for Crohn’s disease, a condition that causes pain and digestive unrest for millions of Americans. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 21, 2011 16:24 - 0 Comments
Comet gets starry-eyed once-over
CORNELL (US) — Despite resembling a flight through artillery fire, the February 14 close encounter of the Stardust spacecraft and the comet Tempel 1 was well worth the experience. (more…)
Top Stories - Feb 14, 2011 12:25 - 0 Comments
Spacecraft to make flirty flyby of comet
CORNELL (US) — Astronomers are anxiously awaiting the Valentine’s Day rendezvous between the Stardust spacecraft and the comet Tempel 1. (more…)
Science & Technology - Jan 27, 2011 13:23 - 1 Comment
Growing cells rally two key molecules
CORNELL (US) — A cell depends on two molecules to manage the cascade of processes that allow it to grow or replicate, new research shows. (more…)
Top Stories - Dec 28, 2010 14:41 - 0 Comments
Old school’s no good for grades
CORNELL (US) — When students attend school in older buildings that need repair their grades suffer, research shows, particularly if those students change schools often. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 23, 2010 13:47 - 1 Comment
Light scattered via nanotubes
CORNELL (US) — Just as walkie-talkies transmit and receive radio waves, carbon nanotubes can transmit and receive light at the nanoscale. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Dec 23, 2010 11:07 - 0 Comments
With fewer caribou, who’ll lead the sleigh?
CORNELL (US) — Rudolph, Donner, Blitzen, and their caribou cousins might not be around much longer if global warming and industrial development in their boreal forest homes continues, says conservation scientist Jeff Wells. (more…)
Science & Technology - Dec 15, 2010 16:30 - 0 Comments
Debut flight pictures evolving stars
CORNELL (US) — Unparalleled new images are giving scientists views of star-forming regions within and outside the Milky Way. (more…)
