Cornell University, Author Profile

New, Healthier 'Butter' Spread Is Almost Entirely Water

August 21, 2019

The demand for low-fat, high-protein products has rapidly increased due to consumers' growing health awareness

Knowing Berry Pests' Varied Diets May Help Control Them

August 12, 2019

Recent research results may help curb pest populations by encouraging growers to limit access to certain non-fruit food ...

Worm Pheromones Protect Major Crops, Scientists Find

July 31, 2019

Compounds from roundworms have the potential to save billions of dollars and increase global agricultural sustainability...

For Salmonella Detection, Genomic Tool Emerges as a Key

July 29, 2019

Recent paper describes how the food industry around the world should use molecular methods more often for subtyping and ...

Smart Irrigation Model Predicts Rainfall to Conserve Water

July 22, 2019

A predictive model combining information about plant physiology, real-time soil conditions, and weather forecasts can help ma...

USDA Awards $1.8 Million to Cornell for Packaging, Beverage Concentrate Research

July 2, 2019

Ever-increasing food waste represents an emerging threat to the economic and environmental sustainability of the US food syst...

Industrial Methane Emissions Are 100 Times Higher Than Reported

June 7, 2019

The use of natural gas has grown in recent years, bolstered by improved efficiency in shale gas extraction and the perception...

From Earth’s Deep Mantle, Scientists Discover a New Way Volcanoes Form

May 16, 2019

Cornell geoscientists have discovered the first direct evidence that material from deep within Earth’s mantle transitio...

CRISPR-Cas3 Innovation Holds Promise for Disease Cures, Advancing Science

April 16, 2019

The new system can efficiently erase long stretches of DNA from a targeted site in the human genome

Engineers Create ‘Lifelike’ Material with Artificial Metabolism

April 12, 2019

Cornell engineers have created simple machines constructed of biomaterials with properties of living things

The Sweet Spot: Taste Center in Brain Located

March 15, 2019

Researchers located the taste center using functional magnetic resonance imagingand a new method of statistical analysis...

To Conserve Energy, AI Clears up Cloudy Forecasts

February 5, 2019

A case study shows that a new approach to smart temperature control can reduce energy usage by up to 10 percent

Computer Program Aids Food Safety Experts with Pathogen Testing

January 25, 2019

The system helps prevent food contamination and human exposure to pathogens through tainted food

Scientists Tackle Breeding Challenges of Land Mine-Finding Rats

January 25, 2019

There is a surprising champion of land mine detection: the African giant pouched rat

Shape-Shifting Robots Perceive Surroundings, Make Decisions for First Time

November 1, 2018

This is the first time modular robots have been demonstrated with autonomous reconfiguration and behavior that is perception-...