USDA grant to support Cornell indoor ag training programs

Thanks to a grant from the USDA, horticulture experts at Cornell University will help design new training programs for workers in controlled environment agriculture.
10-Jul-2020 2:40 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Milky Way neutron star pair illuminate cosmic cataclysms

A pair of binary neutron stars in the Milky Way galaxy – discovered eight years ago by a pulsar survey developed at Cornell University – is giving researchers a front-row seat at what they believe will be the stars’ eventual cataclysmic merger.
10-Jul-2020 11:20 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Farmers’ climate change conundrum: Low yields or revenue instability

Climate change will leave some farmers with a difficult conundrum, according to a new study by researchers from Cornell University and Washington State University: either risk more revenue volatility or live with a more predictable decrease in crop...
10-Jul-2020 10:55 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Food safety investments open new markets, boost revenue for small farmers

A new Cornell University study finds that when small-scale farmers are trained in food safety protocols and develop a farm food safety plan, new markets open up to them, leading to an overall gain in revenue.
9-Jul-2020 4:10 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Gene yields insights into the causes of neurodegeneration

Cornell researchers including Fenghua Hu, associate professor in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics and member of the Weill Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, are taking a closer look at the factors that cause Alzheimer’s,...
9-Jul-2020 11:45 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Law clinic wins access to COVID-19 race data

The First Amendment Clinic at Cornell Law School, working on behalf of its client, The New York Times, helped secure the release of previously unseen data that provides the most detailed look yet at nearly 1.5 million American coronavirus patients...
7-Jul-2020 2:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Newly discovered pathogen in NY apples causes bitter rot disease

In a study of New York state apple orchards, Cornell University plant pathologists have identified a new fungal pathogen that causes bitter rot disease in apples.
6-Jul-2020 1:50 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Research Reflects How AI Sees Through the Looking Glass

Intrigued by how reflection changes images in subtle and not-so-subtle ways, a team of Cornell University researchers used artificial intelligence to investigate what sets originals apart from their reflections. Their algorithms learned to pick up...
2-Jul-2020 2:55 PM EDT Add to Favorites

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