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TRAPPIST-1 e, an Earth-sized exoplanet 40 light years away, may have an atmosphere that could support having liquid water on the planet’s surface in the form of a global ocean or icy surface, according to new research by an international collaboration including Cornell astronomers.
Stress is a global epidemic that can be caused by a sedentary lifestyle. One solution is obvious.
On a tranquil stretch of Cornell’s experimental vineyard in Portland, New York, the hum of sensors and whirring of drones overhead signal a new era of agriculture.
When starved of oxygen during a heart attack or stroke, cells unleash a flurry of emergency measures to protect themselves and the body.
The latest version of an autonomous robot that can scout for grape diseases in vineyards in near-real time, with an accuracy that matches highly trained human scouts, will one day help track crop-killing pathogens with minimal labor.
Yushu Xia is an assistant research professor at the Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, a research institute of the Columbia Climate School, where she leads the Soil Systems Lab.
