In low gravity, scientists search for a way to sauté

Cornell researchers who conduct space food research have been studying how to fry foods on the zero-G airplane.

Book on international development has site for online dialogue

A book on international development co-edited by a Cornell professor has spawned a website for continuing discussion.

Mars rover sets record after logging more than 25 miles

NASA’s Opportunity Mars rover now holds the off-Earth roving distance record after surpassing 25 miles of driving on the red planet.

On-campus visit inspires international farmers

Ten participants of the Nuffield Scholar Global Focus Program, seeking inspiration for their businesses back home in Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Ireland and the U.K., spent a week touring Cornell’s agricultural facilities.

Only big changes can save Social Security Disability Insurance

Testifying before the United States Senate Committee on Finance July 24, Cornell's Richard Burkhauser outlined how to make changes to save the SSDI program.

Innovation index highlights advances in Europe, Africa

The Global Innovation Index 2014, a report co-authored by Johnson Dean Soumitra Dutta, identifies Europe and sub-Saharan Africa as current centers of innovation.

A quest to discover new tuberculosis drugs

A Gates Foundation grant is accelerating research on tuberculosis, an "orphan" disease that continues to strike the poor worldwide.

Global warming culprit-nations likely to change by 2030

While developed countries have long been blamed for Earth’s rising greenhouse gas emissions, Cornell researchers now predict when developing countries will contribute more to climate change than advanced societies: 2030.

Summer course trains experts in WHO policies

Experts are at Cornell July 7-18 for training in World Health Organization procedures to inform WHO’s recommendations for nutrition and public health policy.