The changes will reduce the lab's need for fresh water and fuel and require fewer pump trucks to be shipped across the water to empty the island's septic tanks. (March 31, 2010)
A symposium on campus Oct. 28 brought scholars and industry experts together to discuss how food systems could be in better synchrony with human health. (Nov. 1, 2011)
More than 40 educators and volunteers, most affiliated with 4-H and 4-H SET (Science, Engineering and Technology), learned about citizen science at a symposium on campus May 3.
J. Craig Venter, a co-author of the human genome sequences, spoke about the future of synthetic life forms for producing vaccines and consuming carbon dioxide, among other uses, in a talk April 28. (May 3, 2011)
Climate change could force 100 million people to lose their homes; entire countries will be underwater, according to the documentary 'Climate Refugees' and an Oct. 14 panel discussion. (Oct. 18, 2010)
The Cornell Center for a Sustainable Future will help hire three to five faculty members with expertise in climate change-related research. (Dec. 11, 2008)
Researchers have received almost half a million dollars to fight the invasive brown marmorated stink bug, which has the potential to destroy New York's crops.
With the first continuous slow pyrolysis unit built at a U.S. university, a research team are on the cusp of harnessing the power of organic material to fuel an entire village in Kenya. (Oct. 18, 2011)
The Cornell Conference on Aging and the Environment was the beginning of a major new push to consider the effects of the aging population in the context of the environment. (July 31, 2009)
Can species quickly evolve when humans rapidly change their habitats? The answer, in some cases, is yes, according to a new study of North American songbirds. (March 9, 2010)