Digital ag initiative to tackle global food system challenges

Digital agriculture at Cornell University – which already has been enhancing curricula such as Birman’s course, cross-college research projects and partnerships with industry – has just been seeded for robust additional growth.
14-Feb-2019 10:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Cornell partners in center to tackle rural schools’ challenges

The National Center for Rural Education Research Networks (NCRERN), announced Feb. 6, will establish and support a network of 60 school districts in New York and Ohio, as scholars work to address challenges facing rural schools. John W. Sipple,...
12-Feb-2019 11:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Researchers Closer to New Alzheimer’s Therapy with Brain Blood Flow Discovery

By discovering the culprit behind decreased blood flow in the brain of people with Alzheimer’s, biomedical engineers at Cornell University have made possible promising new therapies for the disease.
11-Feb-2019 3:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

Cornell’s new Center for Immunology spans colleges, campuses

Cornell University has announced the creation of a new Cornell Center for Immunology, building on Cornell’s decades of fundamental and comparative research in the immunological sciences.
11-Feb-2019 11:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Who’s Listening? Mosquitos Can Hear Up to 10 Meters Away

Mosquitoes can hear over distances much greater than anyone suspected, according to researchers at Cornell and Binghamton University.
7-Feb-2019 1:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

'Moon walk' shows virtual reality offers no edge in learning outcomes — but students think it’s cool

The study – which found no significant difference among hands-on, computer simulation or VR learning – is one of the first to look at the impacts of VR on learning.
6-Feb-2019 1:05 PM EST Add to Favorites

To conserve energy, AI clears up cloudy forecasts

A new approach developed by Fengqi You, professor in energy systems engineering at Cornell University, predicts the accuracy of the weather forecast using a machine learning model trained with years’ worth of data on forecasts and actual weather...
6-Feb-2019 10:05 AM EST Add to Favorites

Chaotic home lives define ‘Dreamer’ experience

New research provides the first national estimates of the living arrangements for 'Dreamers' by comparing undocumented immigrants’ households to those of documented immigrants and U.S.-born groups.
5-Feb-2019 11:10 AM EST Add to Favorites

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