Astronomer Steven Squyres, who helped lead the Rover missions to Mars, is one of six crew members on a 13-day undersea NASA training mission off Key Largo to simulate an asteroid mission. (Oct. 20, 2011)
With the first continuous slow pyrolysis unit built at a U.S. university, a research team are on the cusp of harnessing the power of organic material to fuel an entire village in Kenya. (Oct. 18, 2011)
Researchers have received almost half a million dollars to fight the invasive brown marmorated stink bug, which has the potential to destroy New York's crops.
Dean Kathryn Boor talked about global agriculture in a keynote address, Oct. 6; she shared the stage with Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and former U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers. (Oct. 17, 2011)
Community workforce agreements have expanded job opportunities for returning veterans, women and minorities, according to ILR research. (Oct. 10, 2011)
Ian Urbina, reporter for The New York Times, says he finds difficult-to-obtain documents, which readers can view, to support his stories on the natural gas drilling boom. (Oct. 7, 2011)
Local efforts to control nutrient runoff could stave off toxic cyanobacterial blooms around the world despite a warming climate, according to a Cornell researcher's article in Science magazine. (Oct. 6, 2011)
The new Design Library, designed and managed by students in design and environmental analysis, has opened to provide a resource center that has more than just samples and materials. (Oct. 6, 2011)
CAUSE, a Cornell program in New York City, prepares low-income, minority high schools students with college-readiness science skills. On Sept. 27, the students presented their research projects. (Oct. 4, 2011)
The Second Annual Young Social Scientists' Sustainability Research Forum, which took place Sept. 29, promoted dialogue between junior natural and social scientists working on sustainability issues. (Oct. 3, 2011)
After three decades of being lost, the nine-spotted ladybug, New York's official insect, has finally been found in New York state - rediscovered first by a citizen scientist on Long Island July 30. (Oct. 3, 2011)