Greg Morrisett named dean of Cornell Tech

Greg Morrisett, dean of Cornell University’s Faculty of Computing and Information Science and an international expert in software security, has been named the Jack and Rilla Neafsey Dean and Vice Provost of Cornell Tech, Provost Michael Kotlikoff...
14-Jun-2019 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Cassini flyby data of Saturn’s C ring prompts plateau puzzlement

Spectral information about Saturn’s rings sent by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft nearly two years ago was intended to uncover definitive scientific answers. Instead, it triggered more questions about the C-ring and its plateaus.
14-Jun-2019 7:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Bird of Prey: Evocative Film Reveals World’s Rarest Eagle and a New Chapter of Hope

The Cornell Lab of Ornithology’s debut film, the award-winning documentary Bird of Prey, is now available on iTunes, Amazon, and Vimeo. With fewer than 800 Great Philippine Eagles remaining on Earth, the film tells the moving tale of a small but...
13-Jun-2019 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Facebook ‘intentonomy’: Researchers study malicious content

In the ever-growing battle against malicious social media content, Cornell University researchers are teaming up with Facebook to study why people share harmful posts and what their intent is behind sharing such content.
13-Jun-2019 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Electric vehicles would be a breath of fresh air for Houston

Cornell University researchers are expressing hope for the future of Houston’s breathable air, despite the city’s poor rankings in the American Lung Association’s 2019 “State of the Air” report. The report, released in April, ranked...
11-Jun-2019 10:05 AM EDT Add to Favorites

Fertilizer plants emit 100 times more methane than reported

Emissions of methane from the industrial sector have been vastly underestimated, researchers from Cornell University and Environmental Defense Fund have found.
6-Jun-2019 1:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

Watch LIVE As a Wild California Condor Chick Grows Up

People across the world can get up-close-and-personal with an endangered California Condor chick in real time through live streaming video of a cliff-side nest in Pole Canyon on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Hopper Mountain National...
5-Jun-2019 12:05 PM EDT Add to Favorites

New device sheds light on mechanism, efficacy of arthritis treatment

The debate over how one of the most popular osteoarthritis treatments should be federally regulated could change, thanks to a Cornell University study and a new device that provides a better understanding of the science behind hyaluronic acid (HA)...
4-Jun-2019 2:25 AM EDT Add to Favorites

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