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The College of Arts and Sciences at Cornell University has announced a $2.7 million expansion of its Active Learning Initiative (ALI), which began five years ago with the conversion of four large course sequences in physics and biology.
A water sensor technology that began as basic research at Cornell is blooming into a business that tells growers when their plants need irrigation.
Taken from the bottom of the marine food chain, microalgae may soon become a top-tier contender to combat global warming, climate change and food insecurity, according to Cornell researchers in Oceanography.
In a report released last month, Cornell researchers disclose a novel method for capturing the greenhouse gas and converting it to a useful product – while producing electrical energy.
Cornell University announced today that Hunter R. Rawlings III, president of AAU, will serve as the university’s interim president, effective April 25, in the wake of the untimely death of President Elizabeth Garrett.
Vitaly Shmatikov thinks computer security experts and pranksters have a lot in common. “The nice thing about being a security researcher,” he says, “is that you’re sort of paid to be a troublemaker. You are kind of paid to do things that other people don’t want to do and don’t want to think about. For a certain type of personality, this is a very good match.”
It could be the next breakthrough in sustainable fashion: convertible, multipurpose clothing that wearers alter seamlessly by adding or removing collars, sleeves, hoods, pockets or other accessories depending on the occasion. What’s more, he says, the fully recyclable garments would virtually eliminate waste found in the typical apparel design and manufacturing process.
A team of Cornell researchers has used the same material found in Febreze, cyclodextrin, to develop a technique that could revolutionize the water-purification industry.
For their last class of the fall, students in FSAD 4660 Textiles, Apparel and Innovation unveiled their apparel and product ideas designed to help seniors prevent falls and minimize their harm, stay warm and alert on winter streets, and achieve greater mobility and independence.
Minutes count when treating stroke, but current diagnostics take as long as three hours, careful lab work and skilled technicians to arrive at a conclusive diagnosis. Scientists at Cornell’s Baker Institute for Animal Health have developed a device that helps diagnose stroke in less than 10 minutes using a drop of blood barely big enough to moisten your fingertip.