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'Lipstick on a pig' - tracking the life and death of news
— 14 Jul 2009 15:19 | TechnologyBy observing the global flow of news online, Cornell computer scientists have managed to track and analyse the 'news cycle' - the way stories rise and fall in popularity…
Cornell scientists find how a protein binds to genes and regulates human genome
— 8 Feb 2008 14:31 | HealthOut of chaos, control: Cornell University molecular biologists have discovered how a protein called PARP-1 binds to genes and regulates their expression across the human genome. Knowing…
Cornell patents a pink lily look-alike that blooms all summer
— 9 Jan 2008 13:26 | BiologyMauve Majesty is one cool lily look-alike. This new pinkish-purple ornamental flower, just patented by Cornell, can last for two weeks in a vase, but when left in the garden, it blooms…
Arecibo Observatory gets back to work
— 1 Jan 2008 15:40 | AstronomyAfter receiving its first fresh, full coat of paint in more than 40 years, Arecibo Observatory made its first observation in more than six months at 6:36 AM, Saturday, 8 December. The…
Researcher borrows idea from swimming sperm on providing energy for nanoscale robots
— 3 Dec 2007 18:49 | BiologyIn order to deliver medicine inside the human body, nanoscale medical devices need energy to carry out tasks, such as releasing drugs. Alex Travis, Cornell assistant professor of veterinary…
Evolutionary comparison finds new human genes
— 26 Nov 2007 22:27 | BiologyUsing supercomputers to compare portions of the human genome with those of other mammals, researchers at Cornell have discovered some 300 previously unidentified human genes, and found…
Researchers discover natural herbicide released by grass
— 9 Nov 2007 11:19 | BiologyCertain varieties of common fescue lawn grass come equipped with their own natural broad-spectrum herbicide that inhibits the growth of weeds and other plants around them. Cornell researchers…
New technique makes atomic-level microscopy 100 times faster
— 9 Nov 2007 11:19 | PhysicsUsing an existing technique in a novel way, Cornell physicist Keith Schwab and colleagues at Cornell and Boston University have made the scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) - which…
Researchers shed light on light-emitting nanodevice
— 9 Oct 2007 07:48 | PhysicsAn interdisciplinary team of Cornell nanotechnology researchers has unravelled some of the fundamental physics of a material that holds promise for light-emitting, flexible semiconductors.…
Agent that triggers immune response in plants uncovered
— 4 Oct 2007 18:00 | BiologyAlthough plants lack humans' T cells and other immune-function cells to signal and fight infection, scientists have known for more than 100 years that plants still somehow signal that…