In New York, Cornell University has received a $10 million grant from the National Science Foundation for its new Institute for Computational Sustainability that will, among other goals, provide computer-based modeling and forecasting for ethanol production. The Institute will bring together environmental scientists, computer scientists, mathematicians, economists, biologists and environmental scientists who will model a variety of sustainability issues including the balance of food and fuel production.
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