Alumna recalls growing up in Frank Lloyd Wright house

Kim Brown Bixler ’91 entertained a Statler Auditorium crowd July 10 with stories of growing up in the only Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home in Rochester, N.Y.

'Heavy fermion' pairing may help explain superconductors

Revealing the electronic structure of an unusual superconductor may give theorists the tools to understand how superconductors work and create high-temperature versions.

Historian Maria Cristina Garcia named Wilson Center fellow

Maria Cristina Garcia, a professor of history and the Howard A. Newman Professor of American Studies, has been named a Woodrow Wilson Center fellow for 2013-14.

Service honors 'statesman of science' Robert Richardson

The life of Nobel laureate Robert C. Richardson, who died in February, was celebrated at a July 13 memorial service in Sage Chapel.

Portrait Earth: Wave at Saturn and Cassini July 19

Go ahead, wave! From 898 million miles away, NASA's Cassini-Huygens spacecraft will snap a portrait of Earth July 19 from between Saturn’s rings.

Imperfect graphene renders 'electrical highways'

Researchers have moved a step closer to making graphene a useful, controllable material: They have shown that when grown in stacked layers, graphene produces defects that influence its conductivity.

Mukoma Wa Ngugi publishes 'Nairobi Heat' sequel

Assistant professor of English Mukoma Wa Ngugi's second crime novel, “Black Star Nairobi,” has the 2007-08 Kenyan presidential election season as a backdrop.

Linear collider gains key insights from Cornell physicists

The International Linear Collider has received pivotal insights from Cornell physicists: They have designed a key component of the proposed collider called a damping ring.

Chilean earthquake made volcanoes sink

Cornell earth scientists are trying to understand why several volcanoes near a 2010 earthquake in Chile sank several inches into the ground.