Hardware demo day includes visit from Rep. Tom Reed

Brew beer better. Clean hotel rooms better. Monitor the health of your horse better. These were a few of the pitches at the Southern Tier Hardware Accelerator’s first Demo Day, Aug. 13.

Sept. 10 summit takes on severe-weather planning

A summit meeting to identify resources and opportunities to improve agricultural resiliency to severe weather across New York state will explore current initiatives and link researchers and extension members.

NSF grant launches Plant Science Research Network

With a $730,000 National Science Foundation grant, the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research will create the Plant Science Research Network to promote plant science research and collaboration.

Nano-style sheets may aid health, shield ecosystem

'Nanomembrane' sheets embedded with tiny iron oxide particles can help clean toxic chemicals from water. Cornell researchers are evaluating the tech to reduce human health and environmental concerns.

Cornell, Ithaca College offer ag education master’s

A new Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) program in agriculture, offered by Cornell in collaboration with Ithaca College, will help meet the growing need for qualified agriculture educators.

Some honeybee colonies adapt in wake of deadly mites

A new genetics study of wild honeybees offers clues to how a population has adapted to a mite that has devastated bee colonies worldwide.

Employees endorse workplace 'Health Code of Conduct'

A study from the Cornell Food and Brand Lab finds that employees support healthy-living pledges issued by their employers because they perceive them to be beneficial.

New strategy IDs infertility-causing genes

Cornell researchers have developed an experimental strategy to identify infertility-causing mutations found in human populations, with implications for diagnoses and treatments.

37 Latin American students jump into summer research

Thirty-seven students from Latin America have been working with research faculty on campus as part of CienciAmerica, an eight-week summer program at Cornell.