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Biology News

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News

New approach models potential and trade-offs of floating solar

Researchers project significant energy gains from using floating solar on just 3.5% of waterbodies in the Northeastern U.S., even with approaches that preserve biodiversity and recreation.

  • Cornell Atkinson
  • Natural Resources and the Environment
  • Biodiversity
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News

Cornell geochemists and synthetic biologists have collaborated to improve the efficiency of microbes that can dissolve rocks to extract critical minerals while speeding carbon sequestration from air.

  • Biological and Environmental Engineering
  • Microbial biology
  • Environment
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  • Office of Undergraduate Biology
  • Biology
2024 Interdisciplinary Studies Major Graduation

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Join us in recognizing the CALS class of 2025.
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Nutritional Sciences
  • Agriculture
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Field Note

Hailing from Massachusetts, Karolyn Auer is a Cornell CALS senior studying animal science who is about to graduate this May. She conducted substantial research on dairy sustainability during her time at Cornell University. We sat down with Auer...
  • Animal Science
  • Biodiversity
  • Climate Change
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Seminar

Enrichment culture from a Boreal Shield lake sheds new light on the evolution of phototrophy Josh Neufeld Professor & University Research Chair Department of Biology University of Waterloo
  • Microbiology
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Seminar

Thiamine Deficiency from a One Health Perspective Katie Edwards Assistant Professor, Pharmaceutical Sciences School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Binghamton University
  • Microbiology