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.
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."
Emeritus food science professor David K. Bandler donated 17.43 acres to Cornell Plantations' Fischer Old-Growth Forest Natural Area in the Town of Newfield. The preserve protects nearly 60 acres.
An Internationalizing the Cornell Curriculum grant supports Ecology and Conservation of Wildlife in the Neotropics, a seven-week undergraduate seminar with a field research component in Argentina.
The National Science Foundation Jan. 7 announced a new $10 million award to Computer Science Professor Carla Gomes to support transformative computing and technology research.
A team of Cornell researchers has used cyclodextrin, the same material found in the air freshener Febreze, to develop a technique that could revolutionize the water-purification industry.
A highly visible dog ear tag to mark and monitor treated and untreated strays is being developed by Cornell engineering and fiber science faculty though the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future.
The Southern Tier Regional Economic Development Council has won $500 million over the next five years in New York's Upstate Revitalization Initiative. Cornell will be involved in about $100 million worth of key projects funded by the grant.
“Racing Extinction,” a documentary airing Dec. 2 on the Discovery Channel, features the work of Cornell Lab of Ornithology scientist Christopher Clark and warns of the extinction of species.
A self-reinforcing cycle connecting depleted soils and rural farmers may be one answer why Sub-Saharan Africa is home to most of the world's extreme poor, say Cornell researchers.
