Inexpensive, small fish species caught in seas and lakes in developing countries could help close nutritional gaps for undernourished people, and especially young children, according to new research.
Philanthropist K. Lisa Yang ’74 has endowed $1.5 million to establish the Katharine B. Payne Fellows Program in Conservation Bioacoustics in honor of Katy Payne ’59, a pioneer in the burgeoning science of bioacoustics.
Using artificial intelligence, Cornell engineers have simplified models that accurately gauge the fine particulate matter in urban air pollution – exhaust from cars and trucks that get into human lungs.
Christopher Marquis, a professor in sustainable global enterprise, and Glen Dowell, a corporate sustainability researcher and professor of management and organizations, comment on renewed pressure for Berkshire Hathaway to be more transparent about greenhouse gas emissions, and an upcoming shareholder vote on a climate proposal from investors.
Innovative agribusinesses are encouraged to applythrough June 15 for the fifth iteration of the Grow-NY food and agriculture business competition, which will award a total of $3 million in prizes.
Eilyan Bitar, a renewable energy integration expert, comments on a new initiative aimed at creating a solar grid across the Middle East, South Asia and Southeast Asia.
A new study identifies the genetic underpinnings for why broccoli heads become abnormal when it’s hot, providing insight into effects of climate-induced warming for all crops and pointing the way for breeding heat-resistant new varieties.
For nearly six decades, Cornell’s Laboratory of Plasma Studies has remained at the forefront of plasma science – a tradition its incoming director, Gennady Shvets, professor of applied and engineering physics, plans to continue while also broadening the lab’s research capabilities.
