Xing honored for excellence in semiconductor research

Huili Grace Xing, the William L. Quackenbush Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and of Materials Science and Engineering, is the recipient of the 2025 University Research Award in Technology from the Semiconductor Industry Association and Semiconductor Research Corporation.

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Knitting machine makes solid 3D objects

A multicollege team has developed a prototype of a knitting machine that creates solid, knitted shapes, adding stitches in any direction so users can construct a wide variety of shapes and add stiffness to different parts of the object.

Neural implant smaller than salt grain wirelessly tracks brain

Cornell researchers and collaborators have developed a neural implant so small that it can rest on a grain of salt, yet it can wirelessly transmit brain activity data in a living animal for more than a year.

Students’ Baja Racing team roars to series of victories

To build a winning off-road car, the student-led Baja Racing team built on the legacy and lessons of those who came before them.

Bezos grant fuels AI project to turn EVs into mobile grid batteries

A Cornell research project exploring how electric vehicles can serve as a flexible, dispatchable network of mobile energy storage to strengthen and decarbonize the power grid is advancing with a $1.8 million grant from the Bezos Earth Fund.

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Faculty win Bezos grants to use AI for environmental challenges

Cornell has won three of 15 major grants from the Bezos Earth Fund, awarded to leverage artificial intelligence in the fight against climate change and environmental challenges.

Cornell startup aims to monitor heart and lung health without touch

Tracking heart and lung health without wires or electrodes could be a game-changer for home care, assisted living or for patients who resist traditional wearables.

New digital collections preserve, examine Cornell history

Newly published digital collections at Cornell University Library explore areas of Cornell history. Freely accessible online, the three new collections were digitized from materials held in Cornell University Library’s Rare and Manuscript Collections.

MDpanel CEO Jason Erdell ’95 talks AI, adaptability in Cheng Lecture

Jason Erdell ’95, chairman and CEO of MDpanel, offered students a candid look at how to thrive in a time of rapid technological change as part of the Mei-Mei Wei and Amy Cheng Distinguished Lecture Series.

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