CALS part of $10M grant to save citrus from greening disease

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A diverse group of researchers has teamed up to develop a therapeutic treatment for citrus greening disease, a bacterial infection that threatens U.S. citrus crops. The team received a five-year, $10 million United States Department of...
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Mann Award winner Tang studies molecular ‘trash bags’

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Each cell needs to constantly remodel the landscape of its surface because the thin membrane that surrounds all cells is fragile and must be renewed to protect the cell from lysis and death. And that’s where the trouble begins. To remove aged...
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Gellert family $3M gift endows food safety research chair

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By John Carberry A family with Cornell roots nearly 100 years old is helping the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences promote safe, high-quality foods well into the 21st century. A $3 million gift from the George Gellert family – whose...
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CALS scientists plant seeds of genomic scholarship in Thailand

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Educating a new audience about genomic selection is not so different from the process itself. It requires time, plenty of preparation and extensive knowledge. And like genomic selection itself, the results may be revolutionary. In April, Mark...
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$5.5M NSF grant aims to improve rice crops with genome editing

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A new project will harness the power of genome editing – a technique that allows researchers to precisely target, cut, remove and replace DNA in a living cell – to improve rice, a staple crop that feeds half the world’s people. The project, led...

CALS climate change experts share insight with Albany leaders

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Floods, droughts, pests and pathogens were among the weighty topics considered at the New York State Capitol on Tuesday. In the middle of a busy legislative session day, Sen. Tom O’Mara and Assembly member Steve Englebright, chairs of the Senate...
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Primed with healthful free samples, shoppers choose fruit

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Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the supermarket – nibbling free samples like no one is watching – the Cornell Food and Brand Lab has your number: 28. Shoppers who first received a sample apple slice purchased 28 percent more...

Climate change set to devastate coral reefs

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As greater atmospheric carbon dioxide boosts sea temperatures, tropical corals face a bleak future. New climate model projections show that conditions are likely to increase the frequency and severity of coral disease outbreaks, reports a team...
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Is the future secure? Six Cornell scholars explore their answers

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Deliberating security and a sustainable future, six professors from several disciplines offered realistic quick-takes on destiny – and how our society adjusts. Guided by John Toohey ’84 – also known as John Morales, chief meteorologist for WTVJ...
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CITIZEN U teen takes top 4-H honors

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Nosa Akol, a senior at Binghamton High School and leader in the CITIZEN Uprogram at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Broome County, steps into the spotlight tonight at the Newseum in Washington, D.C., accepting the 2015 4-H Youth in Action Award...
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