Artificial tissue promotes skin growth in wounds

Tissue grafts designed by Cornell scientists promote vascular growth, hasten healing and encourage healthy skin to invade wounds. (May 16, 2011)

Atomic-level understanding of crystal ceramics could lead to low-power memory devices

Researchers used theoretical calculations to understand exactly why and how a particular crystalline ceramic, a layered perovskite, is simultaneously ferroelectric and ferromagnetic. (May 16, 2011)

Almost 90 percent of students laud their CU experience

The Cornell PULSE (Perceptions of Undergraduate Life and Student Experiences) Survey finds that student satisfaction, overall and with various aspects of the Cornell experience, remains high. (May 12, 2011)

Robot walks a 40.5-mile ultramarathon without recharge

The Cornell robot Ranger set a new world record May 2 by walking 40.5 miles on a single battery charge without stopping or being touched. (May 10, 2011)

Researchers develop portable, quick and cheap test to detect deadly virus

Cornell researchers have developed a quick, inexpensive way to detect rotavirus, the most common cause of severe diarrhea that kills a half million people a year, mostly infants and young children. (May 9, 2011)

Biologically inspired materials is theme of CCMR symposium May 24

Bringing together scientists from Cornell and elsewhere, the symposium will cover a wide range of applications, from cell culture to de-icing. (May 9, 2011)

Three on faculty elected to National Academy of Sciences

Cornell professors Jon Kleinberg and Paul McEuen, and Weill Cornell professor Carl Nathan, M.D., are among 72 new members of the National Academy of Sciences, announced May 3. (May 5, 2011)

Cornell Racing introduces its 'most powerful and technologically innovative' car

Student team members introduced ARG11 to a gathered crowd on the Duffield patio April 29 to update their progress and describe their latest exploits, including a pending trip overseas. (May 2, 2011)

Fruit flies 'swim' through air, using the same physics as fish, study shows

Like a fish paddles its pectoral fins to swim through water, flying insects use the same physics laws to 'paddle' through the air, say Cornell physicists. (May 2, 2011)