Sionic Energy awarded SuperBoost grant to advance silicon battery technology

Sionic Energy, a leader in electrolyte and silicon battery technology, has been awarded a $200,000 SuperBoost grant from the NSF Energy Storage Engine in Upstate New York.

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CHESS team rolls up their sleeves for spring tune-up

While the particle accelerator buried beneath Cornell’s soccer field typically hums along 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the spring down period offers a rare and essential pause in operations.

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Sibley School hosts industry forum on AI design education

Cornell’s Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering brought together faculty, students, alumni and industry leaders for a day-long forum titled “Simulation and Design Education: Closing the Skills Gaps in the Age of AI,” hosted April 17 as the annual KK Wang Industry Day.

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Sixteen doctoral students lobby on Capitol Hill

Sixtteen doctoral candidates traveled from the Ithaca campus and Weill Cornell Medicine in New York City to Capitol Hill April 9 for the annual Cornell Ph.D. Student Advocacy Day.

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Students help city of Ithaca earn LEED Gold certification

A Cornell University Sustainable Design student team worked with an array of municipal departments to assemble the extensive data needed to demonstrate that the city of Ithaca met the stringent requirements for LEED certification.

Growth across fields: Scientific collaboration tackles farming challenges

A new study, published in Global Change Biology, presents five case studies that demonstrate how deep collaboration can transform crop monitoring, fertilizer use and water management to tackle the most significant challenges facing farming: water status, fertilizer systems and phosphorus recovery.

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As Croll Professor, Hanrath to lead Engineering Energy Transitions research

Tobias Hanrath, a Cornell Engineering nanomaterials and energy researcher, has been appointed Croll Professor of Sustainable Energy Systems and lead for the college’s research pillar in Engineering Energy Transitions.

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$4.3M gift from Autodesk names two makerspaces

The software company is contributing $2 million each to Cornell’s College of Architecture, Art and Planning and Cornell Engineering to name and update “design and make” spaces.

Sunlight and seawater lead to low-cost green hydrogen, clean water

Researchers developed a low-cost method to produce carbon-free “green” hydrogen via solar-powered electrolysis of seawater, with a helpful byproduct: potable water.