Cornell University's Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future and Environmental Defense Fund announced four new research projects addressing pressing health and environmental issues Nov. 9. The projects mark the official launch of a new partnership between the two institutions.
Juan Hinestroza and his students live in a cotton-soft nano world, where they create clothing that kills bacteria, conducts electricity, wards off malaria, captures harmful gas and weaves transistors into shirts and dresses.
The National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering has awarded Cornell a four-year, $2.3 million grant to develop FeverPhone, which will diagnose six febrile diseases in the field.
Treijon Johnson ’17 and Margo Hittleman ’81, Ph.D. ’07, discussing parallels between cultural diversity and biodiversity at the Ideas for a Better World: Sustainability Workshop Series Oct. 29.
Homemade wind turbines dotted the Ithaca Children's Garden at Cass Park April 22 for the final judging of the 'Catch the Breeze Wind Turbine Challenge' competition. (April 26, 2012)
Toby Ault presented a Reunion Weekend lecture on extreme weather and its impacts on agriculture, held in conjunction with a Mann Library exhibit showcasing collaborations between the Cornell Climate Smart Farming Program and New York state farmers.
With support from Cornell's Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, faculty members are researching harmful molds in food that damage the health of African mothers and babies.
There's still disagreement on "global warming," Cornell and USC researchers discover, but a frosty winter is building support for the concept of "climate change."
Cornell plant breeders have released a new alfalfa variety with some resistance against alfalfa snout beetle, which has ravaged alfalfa fields in New York.
Because urban sanitation scores don't tell the whole story in India, Cornell water-resources experts recommend allowing cities to custom-design measures that will save lives and lift their residents to improved health.