A Shoals Marine Lab researcher believes that commercial harvest of rockweed, a brown seaweed found in intertidal zones, poses a threat to the community of 150 species that use this seaweed habitat. (Sept. 10, 2012)
Ornithologist Andrew Farnsworth in New York City told members of the media Sept. 6 about a project that develops bird migration forecasts. (Sept. 10, 2012)
The Southern Patagonian Ice Field lost ice volume at a 50 percent faster rate between 2000-2012 than it did between 1975-2000, according to new analysis of digital elevation models. (Sept. 5, 2012)
Paul Sawyer, professor of English, launched the Plantations' Fall Lecture Series with a talk about John Ruskin, the 'first ecologist,' Aug. 29. (Sept. 4, 2012)
New York 4-H and UnitedHealthcare launched the state's Eat4-Health program at the New York State Fair Aug. 29 to help promote activities for healthy living. (Aug. 30, 2012)
A new study finds that softening the lighting and music in fast food restaurants resulted in diners consuming 18 percent fewer calories. (Aug. 29, 2012)
The National Science Foundation has awarded nearly $300,000 to help Cornell transform how it prepares new teachers to educate the next generation of scientists - and citizens. (Aug. 28, 2012)
Angela Gonzales, associate professor of development sociology, frequently returns to her childhood home, the Hopi Indian reservation in Arizona, to conduct cancer research and offer education. (Aug. 27, 2012)
Using a new approach to decode the human genome, scientists assert that knowing where genes start to encode amino acid chains can predict what proteins they produce. (Aug. 27, 2012)
