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Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, assistant professor of applied economics and management and a fellow at Cornell’s Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, Sarah Evanega, director of the Cornell Alliance for Science and professor of plant breeding and genetics, and Daryl Nydam, professor in the Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences and director of Quality Milk Production Services, comment on an upcoming IPCC report that calls for urgent food systems reforms.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

Dyson School of Applied Economics & Management

Food & Agriculture

Agriculture and Life Sciences

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This week the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a proposed revision which could drastically change regulations for genetically-modified crops. Matthew R. Willmann is the director of the Plant Transformation Facility at Cornell University and has 25 years of plant science research experience, having studied plant transformation and genome editing to improve crop plants. He says the revision will lower costs, lead to a broader range of genetically-engineered plants, and reduce time for improved plants to reach growers which will allow agriculture to be more reactive in response to climate change and plant diseases.

Agriculture and Life Sciences

Food & Agriculture

Law, Government & Public Policy

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Robert Shepherd, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Cornell University, comments on the benefits of soft robots for space exploration.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Engineering

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Mason Peck, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, Elizabeth Bilson, former administrative director of space sciences, Peter Thomas, a visiting scientist at the Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, and Philip Nicholson, professor of astronomy and deputy director of the Cornell Center for Astrophysics and Planetary Science, comment on the upcoming 50th anniversary of the first moon landing.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Arts and Sciences

Engineering

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Héctor Abruña, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University and an expert on batteries and energy storage technology, comments on the technology behind 'salt batteries.'

Arts and Sciences

Physical Sciences & Engineering

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Guillaume Lambert, a professor in the School of Applied and Engineering Physics at Cornell University, comments on an outbreak of a drug-resistant fungus known as Candida auris.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

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Timur Dogan, an architect, building scientist, and a faculty fellow at the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future at Cornell University, comments on New York City legislation that would set greenhouse gas emission caps for buildings.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future

Architecture, Art and Planning

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Bart Selman, professor of computer science at Cornell University and an expert on artificial intelligence safety issues, comments on Tesla's efforts to develop fully-autonomous vehicles.

Computing & Information Sciences

Engineering

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Arthur Wheaton, director of Western NY Labor and Environmental Programs for the Worker Institute at Cornell University, comments on Walmart's announcement that it will add thousands of robots to its stores.

Industrial and Labor Relations

Physical Sciences & Engineering

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Dong Lai, professor of astronomy at Cornell University and an expert on black holes, comments on an upcoming "groundbreaking" announcement from astronomers on the Event Horizon Telescope team.

Arts and Sciences

Physical Sciences & Engineering

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