Teachers from around the country learned new techniques at the Institute for Physics Teachers, which wrapped up its ninth year of uniting and training high school physics teachers July 30. (Aug. 2, 2010)
Using NASA's Cassini spacecraft, Cornell astronomer Matthew Tiscareno and colleagues searched for any material from dust to giant boulders that might be orbiting Saturn's second-largest moon.
Possibly catching a glimpse of a rare moment in time, researchers have detected fullerenes, or buckyballs - carbon structures long thought to be likely features of the interstellar medium, but never before observed. (July 28, 2010)
With 60 Cornell graduates joining Teach For America in 2010, Cornell ranks third among large colleges and universities contributing the greatest number of graduating seniors. (July 21, 2010)
Stephen Nelson, Tariq Thachil, Karrie Koesel and Samatha Majic, all Ph.D. '09 in government, have earned top prizes for their dissertations from the American Political Science Association. (July 21, 2010)
Wayne Harbert, professor of linguistics and director of undergraduate studies for the department, translates Old English kennings about swords from firsthand experience with blacksmithing. (July 21, 2010)
Cornell's Energy Materials Center has just signed a memorandum of understanding with Ithaca's MicroGen Systems LLC to develop 'self-charging' batteries. (July 20, 2010)
