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.
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.
Cornell University Cooperative Extension in New York City will co-lead a $1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture to launch 70 school garden programs, including 23 in New York state. (April 8, 2011)
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.
Cornell faculty and administrators have been invited to China to talk about Cornell's Climate Action Plan and sustainability efforts and share their achievements and findings to date. (April 6, 2011)
Juan Hinestroza has helped develop transistors using natural cotton fibers, which could lead to smarter, highly functional clothing and perhaps even cotton-based circuits and computers. (Oct. 26, 2011)