MicroGen's nanotechnology based energy harvester – researched and developed by the company at the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility – begins commercial scale production this summer.
Mike Hoffmann, associate dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, delivered his keynote address at the President's Sustainable Campus Committee's inaugural summit on Nov. 17. (Nov. 21, 2011)
One evening next week, a helicopter fitted with an infrared camera will be criss-crossing the campus looking for leaks in Cornell's 25 miles of high-pressure steam heating pipes. (Nov. 15, 2011)
Associate professor of animal science Dan Brown, Ph.D. ’81, has recommended ways to reduce contamination of peanuts, a staple crop in the developing world.
In 2013-14, the new major, environmental science and sustainability, will launch in the Department of Natural Resources, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.
Experts gathered at Cornell Sept. 17 for a daylong symposium on “Food Security in a Vulnerable World,” at which suggestions were offered to G20 leaders in absentia.
Even low-level PCB (polychlorinated biphenyls) contamination disrupts how some birds sing their songs, report Cornell researchers in the September issue of the science journal PLOS ONE.
Do dairy cows raised on organic farms produce different amounts of milk or suffer from less disease? A $1 million grant from the USDA will study 300 dairy farms - of which 200 meet organic standards. (May 11, 2009)