Researchers simulate wear of materials as they rub together

Cornell-led research yields a simulation system for predicting wear caused by friction between hard surfaces, which could help expand the use of computer modeling in tribology studies.

Cornell, ADC tackling rescue ropes issue for U.S. Navy copters

Researchers from Cornell and Advanced Design Consulting, Inc. of Lansing are partnering to develop synthetic ropes for use in hoist systems on U.S. Navy rescue helicopters.

Gift establishes Tisch Professorship at Jacobs Institute

A gift from Andrew ’71 and Ann Tisch to Cornell University and the American Technion Society has created an endowed professorship at the Joan & Irwin Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech.

Goal of improved connectivity drives computer scientists

Cornell computer scientists are leaders in the emerging field of software-defined networking, which takes an open-source approach to network connectivity.

Engineered E. coli vesicles act as vaccine deliverers

Antigen-coated membranes on the surface of E. coli bacteria cells serve as vaccine vehicles that were proven effective against a highly deadly pathogen, a Cornell-led research group has shown.

CHESS workshops in June to include annual users meeting

The Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source will hold its annual workshop in June, and will include the facility's annual Users' Meeting, slated for June 7-8 in the Physical Sciences Building.

Four on faculty receive Carpenter advising awards

Faculty members Sahara Byrne, (Kit-Yee) Daisy Fan, María Cristina García and James P. Lassoie received 2016 Kendall S. Carpenter Memorial Advising Awards May 28.

6 Ph.D. students learn to commercialize their research

Six engineering doctoral students will spend the summer and the fall semester exploring the potential to turn their research into a business as the first commercialization fellows.

33 seniors honored as 2016 Merrill Presidential Scholars

Thirty-three seniors from Cornell's seven undergraduate colleges are honored as Merrill Presidential Scholars in ceremony May 25 in Willard Straight Hall Memorial Room.