‘Project Hail Mary’ at Cornell Cinema includes special talk, prize drawing

A Project Hail Mary screening Aug. 28 at Cornell Cinema features astronomers Lisa Kaltenegger and Abigail Bohl discussing habitable rocky exoplanets.

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Riders love e-buses but drivers prefer their cars, study finds

Researchers found that while the smoother, quieter ride of an electric bus was appealing to those who already rode public transportation, those advantages weren’t enough to lure drivers away from their cars.

NYS teachers take on microplastics with snail-inspired robot

Researchers and extension staff translated complex research into a hands-on curriculum – including the construction and deployment of floating robots – for New York State teachers and their students. 

AI plus chemistry can expand battery electrolyte design

Artificial intelligence is aiding the search for better battery materials while using a creative approach to chemistry to expand the design space for electrolytes, unlocking new possibilities for safer, higher-performing energy storage.

James Lloyd, astronomer and spacecraft engineer, dies at 55

James Lloyd, professor of astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences who worked at the intersection of astronomy, instrumentation and spacecraft engineering to find innovative ways to study and characterize exoplanets, died on July 15 in Ithaca.

Cornell Tech appoints new Associate Deans for research and education

Cornell Tech has appointed two longtime faculty leaders to new academic leadership roles.

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Cornell researchers teach ‘microwave brain’ a new language

One year after unveiling a first-of-its-kind “microwave brain” microchip capable of computing on ultrafast data and wireless signals, researchers from the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering have shown how the chip can encode information into its own language.

Thirteen early-career professors win NSF development awards

Researchers studying ribosomes, AI and quantum computing are among 13 early-career professors from Cornell who’ve recently been awarded National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards.

Researchers break light symmetry with simple materials

Light typically interacts with a material the same way whether it enters through the front or the back. Cornell researchers have demonstrated a simple route to breaking that symmetry, with possibilities for photonics and quantum information processing.