Agriculture and Life Sciences

Engineer designs digital solution for pesticide drift

Andrew Landers, a senior extension associate at Cornell’s New York State Agricultural Experiment Station in Geneva, has developed sprayers that reduce excess pesticide use.

Nutrient-based tax could cut nation's medical bills

A 20 percent tax on fat, salt and sugar could cut consumption by nearly that much - and boost American health immeasurably, economists say.

Cornell ice cream returns to Dairy Bar

Cornell Dairy ice cream returns for retail sale this week following a $105 million renovation to Stocking Hall, home of the Department of Food Science.

Watkins named Cornell Cooperative Extension director

Christopher Watkins, Cornell's Herman M. Cohn Professor of Postharvest Science, has been named director of Cornell Cooperative Extension.

Keith Tidball named USDA visiting scholar

Senior extension associate Keith Tidball, an expert on disaster response and recovery, has been selected a 2014 visiting scholar by the United States Department of Agriculture.

Dr. Scott E. Palmer named NYS equine medical director

Scott E. Palmer, VMD, was named New York state’s equine medical director. He will also become an adjunct professor at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine.

Bacterial food web may be key to cystic fibrosis

A common pathogen that can lay dormant in healthy individuals becomes virulent in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients, and Cornell biological engineers think they might know why.

Study links poor dolphin health to Gulf oil spill

Dolphin health took a toxic nosedive in one of the areas hit hard by the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill, according to a new study led by NOAA that includes work by Cornell scientists.

Checking in on Foursquare can make new friends

The social media app Foursquare turns public spaces into "parochial" communities and helps people make new friends.