Researchers achieve the ‘impossible’ low-loss, tunable dielectric

A late-night “Eureka” moment, a smashed computer and 17 years of persistence led researchers to achieve what many in microwave electronics had long considered out of reach: a tunable, low energy loss class of dielectric materials.

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Student-built bridges connect communities thanks to engineering course

Thanks to a new civil and environmental engineering course, adjunct professor Charlie Trautmann helps students hone their engineering skills by designing and building a series of community bridges.

Nanoparticles sneak antibodies into cells to inhibit cancer, inflammation

A delivery system that uses lipid nanoparticles to sneak proteins into cells can accomplish the same feat with smuggling therapeutic antibodies, new research has found.

Schaffer elected dean of faculty

Cornell’s faculty members have elected Chris Schaffer, the Meinig Family Professor of Engineering in the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering, dean of faculty. Schaffer will begin his three-year term starting July 1. 

Researchers find ‘trap’ hindering performance of hybrid perovskites

A new study from Cornell researchers has revealed an obstacle to improving charge transport in hybrid perovskites, a promising class of semiconductor materials used in energy conversion and electronic devices.

Undergrads’ weed-killing robot wins top prize

A team of Cornell students bested the competition with their invention: an autonomous robot that kills weeds with electricity.

Craig Fennie, MacArthur Fellow and materials discovery pioneer, dies at 54

Craig J. Fennie, associate professor at the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering whose groundbreaking research opened pathways for scientists to discover and design materials, died on June 14. He was 54.

How to train a magnet: Excitons as a new knob for magnetic control

Cornell researchers have shown that excitons can do more than observe magnetism. They can actively steer it.

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Experimental treatment kills prostate tumor cells while reawakening antitumor immunity

Cornell Prime dots – known as C’ dots – are effective against prostate tumors, according to a new preclinical study led by investigators at Weill Cornell Medicine and the Cornell Duffield College of Engineering.