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Solar energy can uplift rural Ethiopians, but is hard to come by

Barriers to adopting solar power persist among rural communities in Ethiopia, where solar panels can promote health and education. 

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Global Reach
Health, Nutrition & Medicine

Self-portraits give voice to vulnerable Cambodian fishing communities

A new study, which brought together Cornell researchers, Cambodian fishers and Cambodian researchers, had study participants take photos that researchers then use to facilitate interviews and group discussions during which the subjects share their life experiences and perspectives.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Global Reach
Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine

Tuskegee University joins Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems (CROPPS)

Tuskegee University has become the latest partner of the Center for Research on Programmable Plant Systems (CROPPS), a Science and Technology Center funded by the U.S. National Science Foundation aimed at developing tools to communicate with plants and the associated organisms that make up their microbiomes.

Computing & Information Sciences
Food & Agriculture
Energy, Environment & Sustainability

With research and data, professor empowers Indigenous communities

For Michael Charles '16, citizen of the Navajo Nation, his research and advocacy are inseparable – and his lab is generating data to help Indigenous communities advocate for and govern themselves. 

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Features
News & Events
Inclusion and Belonging
Public Engagement

Ag solution can boost Senegal’s economy while battling parasite

Cornell and global researchers are finding ways to control disease-carrying aquatic plants in Senegal by turning the flora into inexpensive compost or livestock feed – and helping the economy.

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Food & Agriculture
Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Global Reach

Cornell experts to offer solutions at Climate Week NYC

Climate Week NYC will get a Big Red tint as Cornell researchers suggest carbon solutions for the travel industry, discuss agricultural methane and participate in a nuclear energy conference.

Architecture & Design
Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship
Food & Agriculture
Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Health, Nutrition & Medicine
Law, Government & Public Policy
Physical Sciences & Engineering
NYS Impact
News & Events
New York City

Preventing pandemics by leaving bats undisturbed

Authors from the College of Veterinary Medicine say allowing bats to survive and thrive by letting them exist undisturbed in their habitats can pay other dividends around the world.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine
Around Cornell

Lab of Plasma Studies joins DOE-funded hub to advance fusion energy

Cornell's Laboratory of Plasma Studies has joined the newly established Inertial Fusion Science and Technology Hub, known as RISE, a multi-institutional consortium to advance inertial fusion energy as a power source that could change the world.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Physical Sciences & Engineering
Around Cornell

How do we nourish people and the planet?

As the world population grows and climate change threatens agriculture and global food systems, researchers across Cornell CALS are reimagining agri-food systems for the 21st century.

Food & Agriculture
Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Global Reach
Health, Nutrition & Medicine
Life Sciences & Veterinary Medicine
Around Cornell

Blocking sun’s rays not ‘substitute’ for cutting emissions

June 28, 2023

The European Union will reportedly look into blocking rays from the sun as a possible option to combat climate change.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability