A device that uses image processing to instantly identify a prescription drug took top honors at the first Cornell Cup USA Presented by Intel, May 4-5. (May 10, 2012)
John Deutch, former chair of an Obama shale gas subcommittee, said that fracking, if done right, could enormously benefit the country, in a lecture on campus May 8.
Collegetown ART (Art, Recycling and Trash), a project of the student-run Sustainability Hub at Cornell, has raised money for new trash and recycling cans in Collegetown that will feature local art. (May 19, 2010)
With ecological viability threatened, world resources draining, the population burgeoning and despair running rampant, the end is nigh. Larry Cathles, professor of earth and atmospheric sciences, begs to differ.
The National Academy of Sciences will present Professor Thomas Eisner, a world authority on animal behavior, ecology and evolution, with the 2008 John J. Carty Award for the Advancement of Science at an April ceremony.
As the number of species declines due to habitat loss, pollution and climate change, the risk of catching infectious diseases may rise for humans, animals and plants. (Dec. 2, 2010)