Source: informationweek.com
Five months after Facebook said it was opening its platform to third-party developers, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) aims to open social networking still further.
Source: Pay For College Blog
Students from schools like Cornell, Yale, Duke, and Princeton received some of the lowest scores on a nationwide survey of students' knowledge of basic U.S. history.
Source: Cornell Sun
Just after 2:30 p.m. yesterday, a crowd of more than 5,000 was brought to a dead silence when a small man entered Barton Hall and proceeded to the stage. The crashing thunderstorm outside sharply contrasted the serenity of the group.
Source: CNN
We are powerless to ignore the clarion call of the candy jar, the beckoning of the buffet, the summons of the snack cupboard. That's the conclusion of Brian Wansink, author of "Mindless Eating" and head of Cornell University's Food and Brand Lab.
Source: Life, The Universe...
Earth's largest radio telescope is in danger of closing for lack of funding.
Source: The L.A. Times
A growing movement is pushing a worldview that ignores history's lessons about strength and appeasement. By Bruce Bawer September 2, 2007 'If you want peace, prepare for war," counseled the Roman general Flavius Vegetius Renatus more than 1,600 years ago, echoing the sage ad …
A new company has been launched to commercialize research conducted at the Infotonics Technology Center, a New York State Center of Excellence in Photonics and Microsystems.
Source: Cornell University
Fashion designers and fiber scientists at Cornell have taken "functional clothing" to a whole new level.
Source: Cornell University
According to a new brain study, even people who seemed resilient but were close to the World Trade Center when the twin towers toppled on Sept. 11, 2001, have brains that are more reactive to emotional stimuli than those who were more than 200 miles away.
Source: Fox Sports
...An academic study of NBA officiating found that white referees called fouls at a greater rate against black players than against white players...
This week I read about an innovative, effective program that encourages Upstate New York youth to develop and execute business plans related to farming and agriculture.
Source: The Washington Post
HURLOCK, Md. -- Scan the brown, bubbling water, and the untrained eye can't see a living thing. "Focus on the edge, on one spot," says Scott Fritze, co-owner of Marvesta Shrimp Farms, an indoor aquaculture facility here.
Source: Techdirt
No matter what advances technology throws at us, people remain fascinated with developing the ability to detect when people are lying.
Source: Yahoo! News
Teenagers do crazy things. They take drugs, have unprotected sex, ride with drunken drivers, and pretend to be asleep when it's time to do the dishes.
Source: dailypennsylvanian.com
For students at Cornell University, keeping in touch with Mom and Dad is becoming a whole lot easier. Cornell installed cameras before the summer overlooking certain areas of its campus, enabling viewers to go on the Internet and watch students do everything from eat lunch to ma …
Source: cornellsun.com
Ithaca Police Enforces Open Container Law By Josh Goldman Sun Staff Writer Oct 22 2006 New Student Orientation at Cornell has long been associated with hordes of students spilling onto College Avenue.
Source: t r u t h o u t
Why is the United States government spending millions of dollars to track down critics of George W. Bush in the press? And why have major American universities agreed to put this technology of tyranny into the state''s hands?
Source: Slate
Slate reports that a study out of Cornell finds a statistical relationship between television-watching and autism in toddlers. The methodology strongly suggests a causal link, bringing critical attention to the effect of television using development.
Source: kcci.com
Researchers from Cornell University said they have discovered a link between TV watching and autism.
Source: Associated Content
The Cornell Ornithology Web Site has won a Science Award for 2006. This easily navigable site allows the reader to input names of birds, mammals and the like and the sights and distinctive sounds come alive. It is terrific for the hobbyist or the professional.
Source: Associated Press
HONOLULU — A federal judge has ruled that U.S. agriculture officials violated environmental laws in permitting four companies to plant genetically modified crops in Hawaii to produce experimental drugs.
Source: Independent.co.uk
On the rare occassion American media hints at mentoining these genetically engineered crops they refer them as the biotechnology sector.
Source: Science Daily
A group from Cornell cracked the GIOVE-A (Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element-A), the European counterpart to US GPS.
Source: seedmagazine.com
Researchers find evidence that a variety of African electric fish are approaching speciation.
Source: scenta.co.uk
Clever Dr Michael Schuler at Cornell University has recreated the human biochemical system on a microchip (picture in article) for drug testing. This is a technique which promises to reduce the need for animal testing in future.