Room-temperature lithium metal battery closer to reality

A Cornell team led by Lynden Archer, head of the Department of Chemical and Bimolecular Engineering, has engineered a lithium metal battery based on crosslinked hairy nanoparticles.

Cornellians to share scientific studies at AAAS meeting

Cornell faculty and students will be among thousands of scientists representing an array of research to swarm Washington, D.C., Feb. 11-15 for the annual AAAS meeting and exposition.

First self-assembled superconductor structure created

A Cornell team has created the first self-assembled three-dimensional superconductor, another step toward creation of a material that could act as a superconductor at or above room temperature.

In India, students size up global apparel industry

Thirteen students and two faculty members from the Department of Fiber Science & Apparel Design traveled to India Jan. 2-16 in a class trip to visit textile and apparel production centers.

Campus water: New cooling loops save millions of gallons

A series of new and innovative projects at Cornell's Central Energy Plant aims to significantly cut campus water use by millions of gallons a year.

Bamboo-based build brings safe classroom to Dominican Republic

A versatile architectural technology created by a Cornell design professor has been adopted by sustainability-minded students to build bamboo-based hurricane- and earthquake-resistant structures.

Innovation grant supports sustainable textile making

The Walmart Foundation announced Jan. 21 that Cornell has won a 2016 U.S. Manufacturing Innovation Fund grant for breakthroughs in textile manufacturing processes.

Cornell-led team creates gallium nitride power diode

A team led by Cornell professor Grace Xing has created gallium nitride power diodes capable of serving as building blocks for GaN switches, with many possible power and electronics applications.

Senior's 3-D printed, sustainable clothing wins scholarship

Eric Beaudette '16 won a $30,000 Geoffrey Beene National Scholarship from the YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund at a gala in New York City Jan. 12. His recyclable clothes concept is called "Recycl3-D."