Frozen in time, cracks reveal earthquake history

A million-year record of several thousand earthquakes in Chile reveals that widely used earthquake modeling may be too simple.

Think ahead: Robots anticipate human actions

Visualizing the future enables robots to provide assistance without getting in the way.

Baja racing team takes first place

The Cornell Baja Racing Team brought home a first-place victory at the 2013 Baja SAE International Competition in Cookeville, Tenn.

E-text rivals paper in these 'United Slates'

Cornell researchers have created a digital age active-reading system using an array of tablets to combine the best features of paper and electronic text.

Squishy robots evolve to run

Incorporating concepts from developmental biology, researchers have used computers to evolve soft-bodied robots with various gaits and gallops.

Three on faculty win Guggenheim fellowships

They are Brian Crane (chemistry and chemical biology), Gary Evans (design and environmental analysis and human development) and Natalie Mahowald (atmospheric sciences).

Haym Hirsh named dean of Computing and Information Science

Haym Hirsh, professor and chair of computer science at Rutgers University, has been named Cornell’s dean of Computing and Information Science, effective July 1.

Joan and Irwin Jacobs give $133M to name Cornell Tech institute

Irwin Mark Jacobs '54, founding chairman and CEO emeritus of Qualcomm, and his wife, Joan Klein Jacobs '54, have made a $133 million gift to create the Joan and Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Innovation Institute.

Nano compartments may aid drug delivery, catalyst design

Cornell researchers have created compartment nanoparticles that could carry two or more different drugs to the same target.