The Cornell-developed robotic gripper that already boasts Internet fame and imitation has evolved: Now, it can throw things by using air pressure to launch objects forward.
It doesn't happen often, but structures like bridges, airplanes and buildings do fail. What are the odds, and how can it be prevented? Cornell physicists are using computer modeling to find out. (Feb. 27, 2012)
The New York City tech campus is generating interest - and questions - from around the community. Tech campus proposal leaders will answer questions at a forum Feb. 3, and the Chronicle periodically will run an FAQ. (Jan. 26, 2012)
A new study at Cornell has identified two key proteins that cancer cells need to travel and have uncovered a pathway that treatments could block to keep cancer from spreading. (Feb. 21, 2012)
With the CU-ADVANCE Center's five-year grant period drawn to a close, its leaders point to the many ways its goals have been met, but also what more needs to be done.
Marcia Stofman Morton '61 has announced she will leave a $1 million bequest to Cornell's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences; most of it will benefit agricultural sciences. (Feb. 20, 2012)
A NASA-funded collaborative research team led by Cornell engineers launched a rocket Feb. 18 from Alaska's Poker Flat Research Range to collect data straight from the heart of the aurora borealis.
