Einaudi Center travel grants to send 100 graduate students packing

One hundred Cornell graduate students have been awarded travel grants from the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies for the 2018-1019 academic year.

Understanding nanocatalysts' 'communication' could inform better design

Research by a group led by chemistry professor Peng Chen reveals 'talk' between nanoscale catalysts, and offers a new conceptual framework that could lead to better design of synthetic nanocatalysts.

First proof of hydrogen-bonded water wires could lead to better desalination

Using a method developed in his lab, Poul Petersen and an international group of collaborators claim the first observation of water wires in a membrane. This could eventually lead to better desalination methods.

Study offers pearl of wisdom on contested oyster restoration in NYC waters

A Cornell-funded study looks at communication strategies around the hotly contested issue of oyster restoration in the Hudson-Raritan Estuary.

Sugar-coated vesicles prove effective in laboratory tests on deadly pathogens

The labs of Matt DeLisa and Dave Putnam has teamed with a group from Harvard to work on a vaccine delivery system based on DeLisa's versatile outer membrane vesicles.

New technique simplifies creation of nanoparticle 'magic-sized clusters'

A collaboration of two Cornell research groups has proposed a novel method for producing groups of same-sized nanoparticles, known as 'magic-sized clusters,' which have applications in optical memory storage and lighting.

Grant seeks to diversify participation in biology, biomedical graduate studies

A new initiative aims to increase participation rates and enhance the success of under-represented ethnic minorities and students who are deaf or hard of hearing in biological and biomedical graduate fields at Cornell.

Disability need not define achievement, Hernández says

As part of Cornell's Disability Awareness Month campaign, Sara Hernández, MRP '07, associate dean for inclusion and student engagement in the Graduate School, discusses her experiences with having a hidden disability.

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Novel semiconductor-superconductor structure features versatile gallium nitride

A research group led by Debdeep Jena of electrical and chemical engineering has successfully constructed a semiconductor-superconductor heterostructure that could help change electronics.