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If science can send rockets to Mars and Pluto, it can reduce world hunger and poverty, asserts Cornell food policy expert

Pinstrup-Andersen ST. LOUIS -- Applying science and technology to build a Pluto-bound spacecraft that travels more than 10 times faster -- 47,000 miles per hour -- than a speeding bullet or a tiny cell phone that fits in a…

Cornell biogeochemist shows how reproducing the Amazon's black soil could increase fertility and reduce global warming

ST. LOUIS -- The search for El Dorado in the Amazonian rainforest might not have yielded pots of gold, but it has led to unearthing a different type of gold mine: some of the globe's richest soil that can transform poor soil into…

South Korean delegation visits campus to discuss extending collaborations

Jason Koski/University Photography. A delegation from South Korea's Seoul National University met with College of Agriculture and Life Sciences faculty and administrators Feb 16. From left to right: Joon-Ho Lee, James…

Seniors raising children second time around getting support from expanding Cooperative Extension program

Millions of grandparents are doing it all over again: raising children. But raising grandchildren is much harder than the first time around. Grandparents have lower energy levels; their discipline techniques can be outdated;…

The world neglect of hunger is 'immoral and appalling' and feeds terrorism, says Cornell expert

ST. LOUIS -- Almost 200 countries agreed in 1990 to cut worldwide hunger in half by 2015. That commitment is now looking like an empty promise -- all talk and no action, according to a Cornell University expert on world hunger. …

Plants 'eavesdrop' for their own protection, Cornell researchers find

Insect-damaged sagebrush has a novel way of broadcasting to nearby plants that a predator is in the area: It releases a bouquet of airborne odors and perfumes. If wild tobacco is growing nearby, it will "eavesdrop" on these…

Cornell scientists build 'nano-keys' to bind cell receptors and trigger allergic reactions

ST. LOUIS -- Cornell University researchers have fabricated a set of "nano-keys" on the same scale as molecules to interact with receptors on cell membranes and trigger larger-scale responses within cells, such as the release of…

Cornellians in the Olympics: An update

As the 2006 Winter Olympics continue in Turin, Italy, here are updates about Cornellians participating in the games. The Canadian women's ice hockey team, coached by Melody Davidson (head coach of the Cornell women's hockey team…

Shoals receives new undergraduate scholarships

Cornell's Shoals Marine Laboratory (SML) has announced eight merit-based scholarships for Cornell undergraduates to study marine sciences at the laboratory's summer program. The scholarships, funded by Henry (Hank) E. and Nancy…

CU scientists bring their research to AAAS in St. Louis

Cornell faculty members will present research on topics from how dragonflies stay aloft to the fight against world hunger at the annual meeting of the American Academy for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Feb. 16-20 in St…

Near Eastern Studies: Making the strange familiar

"To make what seems strange more familiar and to work toward understanding ..." Speaking of her own teaching recently, Kim Haines-Eitzen also succeeded in effectively framing the academic ethos of the Department of Near Eastern…

It's a Small world, after all

To some, the word anthropologist brings to mind images of dusty books, of lonely archives filled with chipped bones and pottery shards. Meredith Small is not such an anthropologist. Yes, she has read the dusty books. But the…