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Report fosters ag industry climate-change tracking

Art DeGaetano, Professor in Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, is one of nine scientists who have co-authored a report to help the nation’s farmers, producers and commercial agricultural managers reduce risk in the face of climate change.

Ammonia sparks unexpected, exotic lightning on Jupiter

NASA’s Juno spacecraft – closely observing Jupiter – has unexpectedly discovered lightning in the planet’s upper atmosphere, according to a NASA/JPL study, which includes two Cornell researchers.

Perovskite mineral supports solar-energy sustainability

When it comes to the future of solar energy cells, say farewell to silicon, and hello to calcium titanium oxide – the compound mineral better known as perovskite.

Startup’s contact tracing tech tracks workplace distancing

A Cornell-based startup has shifted its platform’s technology in response to the pandemic, ensuring social distancing in the workplace and enabling companies to bring employees back to work safely.

New soil models may ease atmospheric CO2, climate change

In Nature Geoscience, Cornell’s Johannes Lehmann says that scientists should develop new models that accurately reflect soil carbon-storage processes to draw down atmospheric carbon dioxide.

Cornellians help NASA zoom in on red planet

Mars is about to become a little more red, thanks to the Cornellians who helped develop and calibrate instruments soon bound for the planet.

$5M gift launches Duffield Family Cornell Promise Scholarship

A $5 million gift from David A. Duffield ’62, MBA ’64, has established the Duffield Family Cornell Promise Scholarship, providing financial assistance to undergraduate engineering students in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Scientists track plant diseases riding across globe with dust

A Cornell University interdisciplinary team, including Professor Natalie Mahowald, received a grant from NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration to better understand how plant pathogens that travel the globe with dust particles might put crops at risk, especially in places where people struggle to eat.

Book touts internet that works for all, not just Silicon Valley

Engineering Professor Stephen Wicker chats with Dipayan Ghosh, Ph.D. ’13, who was an advisor at the White House and then a researcher at Facebook before writing a new book about digital privacy issues.

Smile: Atomic imaging finds root of tooth decay

A collaboration between researchers from Cornell, Northwestern University and University of Virgina combined complementary imaging techniques to explore the atomic structure of human enamel, exposing tiny chemical flaws in the fundamental building blocks of our teeth.