Even small, low-traffic roads can fragment wildlife populations genetically, reports a new Cornell study on timber rattlesnakes. That can make populations more vulnerable, say the researchers. (April 21, 2010)
Last fall the Cornell Senior Leaders Climate Action Group submitted its report exploring heating and energy options for the Ithaca campus to achieve carbon neutrality by 2035. Here, Provost Kotlikoff discusses the university's next steps.
With climate change, Northeast maple syrup production is expected to slightly decline by 2100, and the window for tapping trees will move earlier by about a month, reports a Cornell study.
Two Cornellians from Africa have created a body suit embedded at the molecular level with insecticides to ward off mosquitoes infected with deadly malaria. The outfit could provide daytime protection.
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)
Eight teams of Cornell undergraduates are preparing for their presentations to win this year's Big Idea competition, proposals for businesses and nonprofits. (April 11, 2012)
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)
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)