Though biofuels from algae hold great promise, Cornell researchers find that more innovation is needed to make the technology economically and energetically viable at a commercial scale.
On Jan. 19 a score of Beta Theta Pi fraternity brothers, organized and led by Cornell Outdoor Education, helped build trails and prepare educational staging areas at the Ithaca YMCA’s Camp Adventure.
Design professor Rana Zadeh has created a new spatial design tool to improve the layout of hospital nursing units to make nurses’ work more efficient and minimize distractions.
A new Cornell study finds that eating smaller portions of commonly craved foods will satisfy a person just as well as a larger portion of the same food would.
Scientists at the Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research and the USDA's Agricultural Research Service on campus have discovered that a set of chemical changes to a plant's DNA is key to tomato ripening.
People are more inclined to talk about their experiences than about their material purchases, and they derive more happiness from doing so, according to new research by Cornell psychologists.
Irving Lazar, Cornell professor emeritus of human service studies with a lifelong focus on improving the lives of children and families, died May 1, 2012 in Nashville, Tenn. He was 86.
Wolfe has conducted research on childhood nutrition, obesity and the elementary school environment, community-based nutrition monitoring and dietary methodology, among other issues.
