NASA-Cornell study says ‘megadroughts’ likely for US West

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The consequences of climate change paint ableak picture for the Southwest and much of America’s breadbasket, the Great Plains.A “megadrought” likely will occur late in this century, and it could last for threedecades, according to a new report...
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Woodswoman Fund honors LaBastille, inspires future women scholars

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By CelinaScott-Buechler In school, students learn the names Henry David Thoreau, John Muir and Theodore Roosevelt; and are taught they are the men who led the American conservation movement. But they weren’t alone. Women have played a key role...
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Mealworm ‘meat’ team competes to feed the world

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Think tofu but with a creepy-crawly, sustainable twist: A Cornell food science team will compete Feb. 14 at the Thought for Food Global Summit in Lisbon, Portugal, with C-fu – a new protein product made entirely of crushed mealworms – that may...
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Pioneering way to fight diabetes on the horizon

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Pioneering way to fight diabetes on the horizon Pioneering research published today in the journal Diabetes by John March, associate professor of Biological and Environmental Engineering at Cornell University, could lead to a pill with...
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Cornell alumna fights Ebola on the front lines in Liberia

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As the largest Ebola epidemic in history continues to ravage West Africa – leaving more than 8,000 dead in 2014 according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – international efforts remain underway to prevent further spread of...
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CALS-born ag/big data startup graduates from Cornell incubator

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Bolstered by a $2.3 million venture capital investment, an agricultural technology startup is moving on from its first home in Cornell’s life sciences business incubator, a little more than a year after it arrived. Agronomic Technology Corp...
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New tech application keeps bacteria from sticking to surfaces

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Just as the invention of nonstick pans was a boon for chefs, a new type of nanoscale surface that bacteria can’t stick to holds promise for applications in the food processing, medicine and even shipping industries. The technology, developed...
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Climate Change: It’s Time to Raise Our Voices

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Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future — Climate Change: It’s Time to Raise Our Voices Stymied about what to do about climate change? Mike Hoffmann of Cornell University, encourages us to become aware, accept the reality, and then act by...

Pick the right tree with a PhD and Pro

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Brian Eshenaur is a plant pathologist, a certified New York State nursery professional and a Western New York-based educator with NYS IPM. Elizabeth Lamb has a Ph.D. in plant breeding and is a senior extension associate with the Cornell...
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Dyson’s Kyle: US shale, sluggish economies send OPEC on vacation

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Steven C. Kyle, an expert in macroeconomics and government policy and an economics professor at Cornell’s Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management, says that increased U.S. shale-oil production, sluggish economies and Russian oil output...

Some browsed plants evolve tolerance to deer munching

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Rampant deer have long been munching away on forest plants and altering ecosystems, but new evidence suggests some plants are evolving tolerance to being eaten. An experiment with 26 populations of orange jewelweed ( Impatiens capensis), a...

Dean Boor on CALS’ associate dean transitions

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Dear colleagues, As 2014 begins to draw to a close and we turn to the coming year, I am pleased to announce three transitions in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences leadership team. I am sharing this news early so that we can support...