Three young Cornell researchers have won National Institutes of Health New Innovator Awards. The awards provide up to $1.5 million over five years for innovative, high-impact projects.
Professor of physics Peter Lepage has won the$10,000 J.J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics for his inventive applications of quantum field theory to particle physics.
Cornell Engineering celebrates its legacy of leadership and innovation weekend of sesquicentennial celebration events Oct. 23-24 with panels and festivities throughout the weekend.
A profile of Peter Wittich, associate professor of physics, who works on neutrinos with ever larger teams of scientists at major international research facilities such as Fermilab and CERN.
While the EPA suggests a decline in measurable atmospheric greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuel use in the United States, a Cornell scientist says the agency's computation may be in error.
Theoretical particle physicist Hitoshi Murayama will present the 2015 Hans Bethe lecture, “The Quantum Universe,” Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 7:30 p.m. in Schwartz Auditorium, Rockefeller Hall.
A new lightweight and stretchable material with the consistency of memory foam has potential for use in prosthetic body parts, artificial organs and soft robotics.
Cornell physicists offer a solution to control the intrinsic spin of electrons: Using heat, instead of light, to measure magnetic systems at short length and time scales.
