Dead star warps its partner's light, astronomers say

NASA's Kepler space telescope, in concert with Cornell-led measurements of stars' ultraviolet activity, has observed the effects of a dead star bending the light of its companion red star.

Expo features flyers, hoverers, soarers and wind catchers

The first on-campus Aeronautics/Alternative Energy Expo March 28 showed visitors the power of flight and wind.

Environmentalist E.O. Wilson to give Olin Lecture

Edward O. Wilson, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner often considered the father of the modern environmental movement, will deliver the Spencer T. and Ann W. Olin Lecture Friday, April 19.

Faculty stir up solutions at climate change forum

About 100 faculty members and graduate students from fields ranging from the physical and natural sciences to economics and the humanities gathered March 28 at the Interdisciplinary Climate Change Forum.

Computer science graduate student wins Facebook fellowship

Qi Huang, a graduate student in the Systems Lab of the Department of Computer Science, is one of 12 winners of a Facebook Graduate Fellowship this year.

Stirred, not shaken: Physicists gain more particle control

Cornell physicists can now control with precision how the particles in viscous liquids swirl, twirl and whirl. Think of adding cream to coffee - and managing the cream stream.

Students bring better chemistry through Cajun cuisine

A Cornell team will participate in a contest to communicate the chemistry of Cajun cooking, April 9 during the American Chemical Society's spring convention in New Orleans.

NYC Planning Commission approves Cornell Tech plan

New York City's Planning Commission has approved Cornell Tech's Roosevelt Island Campus plan as part of the city's public land use review process.

New nonlethal test developed to detect fish virus

Cornell researchers have successfully identified the presence of a deadly virus – the viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus – by using techniques that are not lethal to fish.