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Fernando Galeana Rodriguez, a doctoral student in development sociology, is studying emerging land control practices and potential effects on livelihoods, the environment and indigenous identity among the Miskitu people in Honduras, who have...
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A virus-fighting protein in humans and other primates triggers an explosion in genetic mutations that may have sped up the evolution of our species, according to a new study. “In some sense, this is scary,” says Kelley Harris, a geneticist at...
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While farm soil grows the world’s food and fiber, scientists are examining ways to use it to sequester carbon and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. “We can substantially reduce atmospheric carbon by using soil. We have the technology now to...
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Home to more craft breweries and cideries than you can shake a pint glass at, the Finger Lakes region continues to entice new craft beverage consumers and producers. Recognizing the value and continued potential of these growing industries...
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Cornell and New York state scientists estimate that some gardeners who toil in urban gardens and children who play in them could be exposed to lead levels that exceed U.S Food and Drug Administration thresholds. Their new research, which also...
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A trio of CALS researchers will use their expertise this summer to help students give voice to farmers in Tioga County, New York. The researchers — Todd Schmit, associate professor in the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and...
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While a picture may be worth a thousand words, pictures displayed on food packages, like cake mix, may be worth hundreds of extra calories, according to research from the Cornell Food and Brand Lab. Think of the typical box of cake mix sold at...
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To strengthen capacity to develop and disseminate genetically engineered eggplant in Bangladesh and the Philippines, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded Cornell a $4.8 million, three-year cooperative grant. The...
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A study just published in the journal Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution reveals a new hypothesis on the evolution of the hundreds of species of malaria — including the form that is deadly to humans. Extensive testing of malarial DNA found in...
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An international team of scientists – led by a Cornell professor of natural resources – will help communities in Asia’s Pamir Mountains recalibrate their seasonal-indicator ecological calendars to reckon the future effects of climate change. The...
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According to a recent study, the size of a common ground-nesting bee — an important crop pollinator — has grown smaller in heavily farmed landscapes. The link between intensive agriculture and the size of Andrena nasonii bees has important...
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Farmers depend on insurance to cope with the enormous risk and cost it takes to coax crops from the ground. Unpredictable weather and rampaging pests all figure into the insurance rates farmers pay for economic protection, but there’s one...
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Climate-change-induced heat stress and disease pathogens migrating across borders threaten the world’s wheat supply and food security in conflict zones of Africa and the Middle East. To expand the scope of a global partnership to combat these...
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Elizabeth “Betsy” Bihn, PhD, has been appointed Executive Director of the Institute for Food Safety at Cornell University. Established in December 2015 with a $2 million state grant, the Institute for Food Safety at Cornell University is a...
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mating potential and even health status through scents found in urine. A new study of mice and their urine, published March 3 in PLOS Genetics, reveals how mixing and matching combinations and relative amounts of scent chemicals leads to each...
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Typhoon Yolanda barreled towards the Philippines with winds topping 195 MPH on November 8, 2013, killing more than 6,300 people and inflicting over $2 billion in damages. For a nation of more than 7,000 islands in the western Pacific Ocean, the...
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In six decades of research on Oneida Lake, the Cornell University Biological Field Station at Shackleton Point has studied all of its facets, characteristics and natural dimensions. Now a new book, “Oneida Lake: Long-term Dynamics of a Managed...
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Fuchs, associate professor in the Plant Pathology and Plant-Microbe BiologySection of the School of Integrative Plant Science, studies the biology and ecology of viruses that directly impact the economic viability of New York grapes. He received...
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Cornell ornithologist Eduardo E. Iñigo-Elias has been recognized by a branch of the Cuban Academy of Science for his research on bird biology and conservation in the island nation. The Cuban Zoological Society honored Iñigo-Elias with the Juan...
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Cornell University and the New York State Department of Health have been selected to lead the nation’s newest Integrated Food Safety Center of Excellence as part of a joint venture to strengthen foodborne illness surveillance and investigations...
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