We are living in “an enormously consequential time for our university, for all of higher education and for our country,” President Michael I. Kotlikoff said in the annual State of the University address, Oct. 24 in Call Auditorium.
A Cornell research group has developed a cyclodextrin-based fibrous membrane that in lab testing removed approximately 90% of aqueous triclosan, an antibacterial agent that poses a threat to aquatic organisms.
In a warming climate, extreme drought could trigger a dramatic release of carbon from peatlands, erasing up to 250 years of carbon stores in a matter of months.
A $1.8 million grant from the Bezos Earth Fund will help the Cornell Lab of Ornithology develop acoustic sensors and artificial intelligence analytics to identify real-time threats to forests from illegal activities and provide insights into ecosystem health.
A doctoral student has developed a text message-based system that regularly updates both long-term hospital patients’ and care facilities’ availability statuses, smoothing a normally time-consuming placement process.
New York City’s mostly indoor cats easily caught SARS-CoV-2 during the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic – and most were asymptomatic and were likely infected by their owners.
