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Nicknamed the "Star of the Sea," the World Registrar of Marine Species recognized this new species of bioluminescent shrimp for its diversity and unique mating behaviors.
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The remote videoconference – the first of three sessions – can be accessed here. Food science panelists will be Sam Alcaine, assistant professor; Olga Padilla-Zakour, professor; and Martin Wiedmann, the Gellert Family Professor in Food Safety...
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Coherent safety information for food processing plants in New York and other states can be difficult to find, said Sam Alcaine, assistant professor of food science, who led the writing of the descriptive text for the new website. Food processors...
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The first was how best to help her students. “Everyone is just stunned ..., obviously because of the coronavirus, but also because of their research suddenly stopping or slowing down,” said Wolfner, the Goldwin Smith Professor of Molecular...
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“[We deal with] everything from what to do with pets, to ‘I have mold in my basement because I've been flooded,’ to ‘I have ice dams building on my roof because of a four- or five-foot snow load,’ and on and on,” Tidball said in a recent episode...
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The current COVID-19 public health crisis has created lots of uncertainty, but on March 20 at 11 a.m., three of Cornell’s most prominent faculty will share their crisis communication expertise to help people best serve their stakeholders...
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She grew up working on her family’s farm in western New York, and now majors in animal science with a focus on dairy management. Starceski is one of four Cornell first-year students who’ve received $20,000 scholarships from Chobani to help them...
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Younger consumers aren’t engaging with it like their older peers, and are drinking less in general, but sustainably produced wine could change that. According to a 2019 Wine Intelligence consumer survey, sustainable wine had the highest future...
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Fay-Wei Li, adjunct assistant professor of plant biology and a faculty member of the Boyce Thompson Institute, and researchers from across the globe sequenced the genomes of three hornworts, illuminating the dawn of land plants. The group also...
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The coronavirus pandemic has impacted lives around the world in numerous ways, and Cornell faculty members are sharing their expertise on everything from the virus itself to how it will affect local and global economies.
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A new survey shows that members of marginalized communities have broader views on what qualifies as an environmental issue, including human-oriented factors, like drug use and unemployment.
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Asked how it self-corrects for climate change, the businessman, now shoulder-deep in water, replies: “By producing more lifeboats!” Cathy Kling, Tisch University Professor in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, said...
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Provost Michael Kotlikoff launched the initiative in fall 2016 across six cross-college discipline areas, each covered by a faculty task force: nanoscale science and microsystems engineering; genome biology; data science; sustainability...
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When ground-dwelling parasites munch on the roots of plants, they don’t just damage the roots: They trigger chemical changes in the plant itself.
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“Armenia is one of the world’s most vulnerable countries to climate change,” said Allison M. Chatrchyan, senior research associate in the Department of Global Development. “Temperatures there are rising more than the global average, drought is...
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A new study shows that pumpkin pollen can lower bumblebees' defenses and prevent their eggs and larvae from maturing.
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“I’m cooperating with so many other majors that I have never come into touch with – it’s just so brand-new and refreshing,” said Jel Zhao ’20, an animal science major in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS), one of nearly 150...
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Researchers have developed a method to identify salmonella serotypes in a mere two hours, allowing food safety sleuths to find the sources of bacterial contamination more quickly.
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All farms that meet market and income requirements and that grow fruits and vegetables commonly eaten raw are now required to comply with a new set of regulations aimed at keeping fresh fruits and vegetables – everything from salad greens...
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