Cornell University’s entry for the International Genetically Engineered Machine synthetic biology competition earned three prizes and a gold medal at the 12th annual iGEM Giant Jamboree in Boston.
As Cornell considers geothermal heat to warm campus, an Icelandic engineer told a green backstory for how his country abandoned coal and then set standards to achieve blue-ribbon blue skies.
On topics ranging from oceanic disease to restraining invasive species from distant seas, Cornell faculty joined 10,000 scientists to discuss “Envisioning Tomorrow’s Earth” at the AAAS meeting in Seattle.
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.
Blue forms adorning the Ag Quad are more than whimsical art to engage passersbys: the shapes are visions of what landfill architecture might look like in the future, according to Katherine Jenkins.
“Beauty – Cooper Hewitt Design Triennial,” which opened Feb. 12 at the Smithsonian design museum in New York City, features a knitted textile pavilion by architecture professor Jenny Sabin.
Cornell’s shared governance groups are considering resolutions related to the divestment of fossil fuel-related holdings from the university’s endowment.
Facing challenging terrain where plant roots must cope with barriers, Cornell physicists and Boyce Thompson Institute plant biologists have discovered a valuable plant root action.
Connecting upstate and downstate, urban and rural, a pavilion made from reused metal grain bins opened to the public June 23 on Governors Island in lower New York Harbor. Four Cornell faculty members collaborated on the project with a team including students and alumni.
Cornell chemists Cornell researchers are studying how photovoltaic materials can use solar energy to split water into hydrogen and oxygen, hoping to make the process more efficient and less expensive.