Ambitious first-year students catch the research bug

Many Cornell students pursue research opportunities early in their college careers. Exposing undergraduates to research in the sciences, social sciences, arts and humanities is a university hallmark.

Engineers devise two-way radio on a single chip

Researchers have devised a method of two-way radio communication that puts the separation of the transmitting and receiving signals all on a single transceiver chip.

Experiment aboard space station studies 'space weather'

Steven Powell, senior engineer in electrical and computer engineering, is leading a Cornell group that has sent a project up to the International Space Station to study the ionosphere.

Matter Design Computation grad program set to launch

A new multidisciplinary collaborative research graduate degree program at Cornell will combine architectural research with study in material computation, adaptive architecture and digital fabrication.

FuzeHub awards innovation grants to Cornell-led projects

Three projects with ties to Cornell are among the seven grantees to receive a total of more than $469,000 in funding from FuzeHub, a nonprofit that assists small manufacturers.

Jeevak Parpia wins low-temperature physics prize

Jeevak Parpia, M.S. '77, Ph.D. '79, professor of physics, has been selected as one of three winners of the 2017 Fritz London Memorial Prize, administered by Duke University.

Group blazes path to efficient, eco-friendly deep-ultraviolet LED

A Cornell-led group has demonstrated the ability to produce deep-ultraviolet emission using an LED light source, potentially solving several problems related to quantum efficiency of current devices.

Volcanic hydrogen spurs chances of finding exoplanet life

Hunting for habitable exoplanets now may be easier: Cornell astronomers report that hydrogen pouring from volcanic sources on planets could improve the chances of locating life in the cosmos.

Polymer additive could revolutionize plastics recycling

A Cornell research group, led by chemistry professor Geoffrey Coates, has developed a multiblock polymer that has the potential to improve the way 78 million tons of plastics are recycled each year.