In his first inaugural address, at the Weill Cornell Medical College campus in Qatar in October 2004, Jeffrey Lehman, the first Cornell alumnus to become its president, articulated a vision projecting Cornell as "the transnational university of the future."

Detecting bacteria, viruses & other dangerous substances could soon be as easy as wiping a napkin

04 March 2007 - Cornell University Detecting bacteria, viruses and other dangerous substances in hospitals, airplanes and other commonly contaminated places could soon be as easy as wiping a napkin or paper towel across a surface, says a researcher from Cornell University.

New gas delivery line to implement its highly efficient, combined heat and power project

03 March 2007 - Cornell University Cornell University has announced plans for a new gas delivery line to implement its highly efficient, combined heat and power project. This new project will reduce the university's use of coal. And, combined with other efficiency and conservation efforts already in place on campus, it will allow Cornell to meet its goal to reduce carbon dioxide emissions consistent with the Kyoto Protocol.

Exploring the role of environment & community in overweight children

02 March 2007 - Cornell University The proportion of overweight children in the United States has almost doubled since the mid 1980’s, largely owing to the impact of social influences on children’s diet and physical activity patterns.

Animal Health Diagnostic Center serves as only testing ground for new & deadly dog influenza virus

01 March 2007 - Cornell University Cornell University's Animal Health Diagnostic Center isolated a new and highly contagious canine influenza virus and serves as the only laboratory currently conducting routine tests for the virus for the general veterinary community.

Looks count: If male barn swallows don't stay spiffy, the females cheat in a jiffy

28 February 2007 - Cornell University Even after they have paired with a male, the female North American barn swallow still comparison-shops for sexual partners. And forget personality; the females judge males by their looks, the reddish color of the males' breast and belly feathers.

Biofortified, iron-rich rice improves nutrition of women

27 February 2007 - Cornell University Plant breeding can boost the level of micronutrients in rice and improve the nutritional status of people who eat the grains by as much as 20 percent, according to Cornell University-led research reported in The Journal of Nutrition.

New, faster computer network expands through New York and New England

26 February 2007 - Cornell University Cornell University is the focal point of a new organization that will enable educational institutions in New York state and New England to connect to and support a new, high-bandwidth computer network.

Glass shapes influence how much we drink: The shorter and wider the glass, the more liquor we pour

25 February 2007 - Cornell University Contact: Joe Schwartz When pouring liquor, people, including professional bartenders, unintentionally pour 20 to 30 percent more into short, squat glasses than into tall, thin ones, according to a new study at Cornell University.

Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine develops protein tests to accurately detect pet food-poisoned dogs

24 February 2007 - Cornell University While dogs keep dying from eating pet food tainted with aflatoxin, Cornell University's College of Veterinary Medicine is announcing it has developed protein tests that accurately indicate a dog's liver failure caused by the toxin.

Cornell central heating plant to become cleaner, more efficient

23 February 2007 - Cornell University Cornell University announced today its plans to upgrade its central heating plant with a very efficient combined heat-and-power project. This project will use gas turbine technology to cost-effectively reduce overall greenhouse gas emissions, while ensuring the necessary heat and electric capacity for the university's future.

Cornell scientists build 'nano-keys' to bind cell receptors and trigger allergic reactions

22 February 2007 - Cornell University The tumblers of life continue to click as Cornell University researchers have fabricated a set of 'nano-keys' on the molecular scale to interact with receptors on cell membranes and trigger larger-scale responses within cells, such as the release of histamines in an allergic response.

Reproducing the Amazon's black soil could bolster fertility & remove carbon from atmosphere

21 February 2007 - Cornell University The search for El Dorado in the Amazonian rainforest might not have yielded pots of gold, but it has led to unearthing a different type of gold mine: some of the globe's richest soil that can transform poor soil into highly fertile ground.

Cornell confirms the First North American case of pig meningitis in humans

20 February 2007 - Cornell University A seemingly healthy 59-year-old farmer checked into Bassett Hospital in Cooperstown, N.Y., complaining of sudden fever and confusion. His pulse was racing, he breathed rapidly, and he had meningitis, an inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord.

Why tipsy flowers don't tip over: Booze stunts stem & leaves, but doesn't affect blossoms, study finds

19 February 2007 - Cornell University Those paperwhites and other daffodils sure could use a drink, a little whiskey, vodka, gin or tequila could keep them from falling over. A touch of booze is a great way to keep certain houseplants from getting too tall by stunting their growth, according to a new Cornell University study.

Researchers find that racial stereotypes strongly influence sentencing

18 February 2007 - Cornell University Looks literally can kill in death-penalty cases where jurors decide the fate of a black defendant, particularly if the victim is white, according to a study co-authored by Cornell University Law Professor Sheri Lynn Johnson.

Cornell scientists identify deadly fish virus in the Northeast United States

17 February 2007 - Cornell University The College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced the discovery of viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus in several fish species from Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. Unreported in North America until 1988, VHS is a rhabdovirus, a pathogen that can cause significant fish mortality. VHS does not pose any known threat to human health.

Biodegradable napkin, featuring sensitive nanofibers

16 February 2007 - Cornell University Detecting bacteria, viruses and other dangerous substances in hospitals, airplanes and other commonly contaminated places could soon be as easy as wiping a napkin or paper towel across a surface, says a researcher from Cornell University.

Early childhood TV viewing may trigger autism, data analysis suggests

15 February 2007 - Cornell University A series of data sets analyzed in a paper by economists at Cornell University and Indiana University-Purdue University suggest a connection between early childhood television viewing and the onset of autism. And the authors urge further investigation and research by experts in the field.

The moon's south pole: Very high resolution, radar images find rocks abundant, but no ice sheets

14 February 2007 - Cornell University Using the highest resolution radar-signal images ever made of the moon, images from the National Science Foundation's Arecibo Telescope in Arecibo, P.R., and the NSF's Robert C. Byrd Telescope in Green Bank, W.Va., planetary astronomers have found no evidence for ice in craters at the lunar south pole.

Findings stress vital role of Cornell-managed telescope in detecting danger

13 February 2007 - Cornell University The Arecibo Observatory's powerful radar, a keen eye aimed into the sky, has made the most detailed observations ever of a binary near-Earth asteroid. This information provides clues about asteroid formation, properties and motion dynamics.

New gas delivery line planned for Cornell's combined heat and power project

12 February 2007 - Cornell University Cornell University has announced plans for a new gas delivery line to implement its highly efficient, combined heat and power project. This new project will reduce the university's use of coal. And, combined with other efficiency and conservation efforts already in place on campus, it will allow Cornell to meet its goal to reduce carbon dioxide emissions consistent with the Kyoto Protocol.

Making plastics from oranges

17 January 2005 - Cornell University A Cornell University research group has made a sweet and environmentally beneficial discovery - how to make plastics from citrus fruits, such as oranges, and carbon dioxide. In a paper published in a recent issue of the Journal of the American Chemical Society (Sept. 2004), Geoffrey Coates, a Cornell professor of chemistry and chemical biology, and his graduate students Chris Byrne and Scott Allen describe a way to make polymers using limonene oxide and carbon dioxide, with the help of a novel 'helper molecule' -- a catalyst developed in the researchers' laboratory.

Carbon nanotube oscillator might weigh a single atom

15 September 2004 - Cornell University Using a carbon nanotube, Cornell University researchers have produced a tiny electromechanical oscillator that might be capable of weighing a single atom. The device, perhaps the smallest of its kind ever produced, can be tuned across a wide range of radio frequencies, and one day might replace bulky power-hungry elements in electronic circuits.

Self-assembling designer molecules that mimic nature could lead to nano-device advances

09 September 2004 - Cornell University A schematic illustration of supramolecular architectures of self-assembled extended amphiphilic dendrons, developed at Cornell by Ulrich Wiesner, professor of materials science and engineering , and his research team. The illustration (on our website) shows (A) cubic micelles, (B) two-dimensional lamellar layers, (C) hexagonally arranged cylindrical columns and (D) three-dimensional continuous cubic structures. Cornell Center for Materials Research.

Electronic crystal in high-temperature superconductor

26 August 2004 - Cornell University With equipment so sensitive that it can locate clusters of electrons, Cornell University and University of Tokyo physicists have - sort of - explained puzzling behaviour in a much-studied high-temperature superconductor, perhaps leading to a better understanding of how such superconductors work.

New way to make nanoscale circuits is discovered

23 August 2004 - Cornell University Time is fast running out for the semiconductor industry as transistors become ever smaller and their insulating layers of silicon dioxide, already only atoms in thickness, reach maximum shrinkage. In addition, the thinner the silicon layer becomes, the greater the amount of chemical dopants that must be used to maintain electrical contact. And the limit here also is close to being reached. But a Cornell University researcher has caused an information industry buzz with the discovery that it is possible to precisely control the electronic properties of a complex oxide material - a possible replacement for silicon insulators - at the atomic level. And this can be done without chemicals. Instead, the dopant is precisely nothing.

Non-toxic anti-fouling coating for ships

27 March 2003 - Cornell University The fouling of ships' hulls, whether by barnacles and seaweed or by slime-creating bacteria, is a major problem for shipping worldwide, and particularly for navies. It has been estimated, for example, that fouling of hulls can create such turbulence as a ship moves through the water that fuel consumption is increased by as much as 30 percent. Traditionally major users of ships, like the U.S. Navy, have attempted to resist fouling by painting hulls with paints containing copper or triorganotin, a tin-based compound. But these paints are highly toxic and can leach into the water, killing marine life. That's why their use increasingly is being prohibited.

Porous ceramic can sort proteins magnetically

24 March 2003 - Cornell University In recent years chemists and materials scientists have enthusiastically searched for ways to make materials with nanoscale pores -- channels comparable in size to organic molecules -- that could be used, among other things, to separate proteins by size. Recently Cornell University researchers developed a method to 'self-assemble' such structures by using organic polymers to guide the formation of ceramic structures.