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Feb 19, 2024
Katrina Cornish spends her days raising dandelions and desert shrubs. She harvests the stretchy rubber substances they produce and uses special machines to dip them into condoms, medical gloves and parts for trachea tubes. And she thinks those products could forever alter the landscape of agriculture in the United States. Click here to read more.
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Jan 26, 2024
With disease and high demand posing threats to the world’s primary natural rubber supply in Southeast Asia, scientists are working to ramp up the U.S. rubber market by advancing methods to extract latex from two sustainable North American plant sources: a dandelion species and a desert shrub.
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Jan 26, 2024
Katrina Cornish, research director at the Ohio State University, discusses the need for durability standards for medical rubber gloves at the Healthcare Elastomers Conference in May. Click here to read more.
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Feb 13, 2023
Ohio State researchers are doing anything but wasting their time. Click here to learn more.
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Feb 10, 2023
Starch-heavy foods such as popcorn and old pizza can be used to make bioplastics and high fiber wastes like tomato peels and eggshells are excellent fillers for tires and other rubber products. Click here to learn more.
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Jan 25, 2023
Study proposes profitable ways to repurpose industrial waste. Click here to read more.
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Jul 12, 2022
Katrina Cornish is growing a precious natural resource in our own backyard. Click here to read more.
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Apr 12, 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Katrina Cornish for winning this prestigious award! The CFAES Distinguished Senior Faculty Research Award honors academic, disciplinary, and professional excellence in the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences. Click here to watch the 2021 CFAES Celebration of Research video featuring Katrina.
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Feb 5, 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Katrina Cornish who was awarded the 2021 Senior Faculty Researcher of the Year Award! The award will be formally presented at the CFAES Annual Research Conference, which will be held virtually on Thursday, April 8th!
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May 28, 2020
Most people view dandelions either as golden symbols of springtime or as tenacious invaders to a pristine lawn. But could they also save us from a potential national crisis? The answer is Yes!, and you can find out how by clicking here.