Real time: a symposium on the architecture of packets, pixels, and neurons

From realtime visualization in video games to realtime urban monitoring, advances in computer, communication, and media technologies offer exciting new possibilities while raising urgent questions for architecture, planning, and digital studies. The second Preston Thomas Memorial Symposium at Cornell AAP this spring invites artists, designers, and scholars to explore them.

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Combat Robotics flips competition, eyes upgrade with grant

After battling three robots in the Norwalk Havoc Robot League’s March of the Bots competition, Cornell Combat Robotics looks to make upgrades with a $10,000 grant.

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Repairs to Flat Rock Bridge span two generations

The 1983 student chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers designed and built Flat Rock Bridge. Now the current student chapter is renovating it with the help of faculty, staff, and community members.

Origin of superconductivity in nickelates revealed

A new study has changed where scientists think Nickelate's superconducting ability might originate, providing a blueprint for how more functional versions might be engineered in the future.

Giant planet atmospheres vary widely, JWST confirms

Out in the Galaxy, the atmospheric compositions of giant planets do not fit the solar system trend, an international team of astronomers has found.

Board of Trustees approves 2023-24 tuition, fees

The Cornell Board of Trustees has approved parameters for the university’s 2023-24 budget, including tuition rates for the coming academic year.

Bomb-sniffing rodents undergo ‘weird’ vaginal transformations

Unlike most female mammals whose vaginal entrance opens before or during puberty and remains that way for the rest of their lives, this rodent’s vaginal entrance remains sealed into adulthood and has the ability to open or close back up multiple times during a lifetime.

Edward Wolf, first Cornell NanoScale Facility director, dies

Edward Dean Wolf, a pioneer in nanofabrication who joined Cornell in 1978 as the first director of what would become the Cornell Nanoscale Science and Technology Facility, died March 11 in Ithaca. He was 87.

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Former Costa Rica president: Love can change the world

Carlos Alvarado Quesada, former president of Costa Rica, spoke at the Bartels World Affairs Lecture on how he dealt with challenges related to democracy and the environment during his presidency from 2018 to 2022.