Bean to help steer U.S. role in Euclid mission

Rachel Bean, an associate professor of astronomy, has been chosen to play a key role in a mission to better understand how the universe has been expanding and of what it is made.

Close look at iron-based superconductor advances theory

Cornell researchers have resolved a long-standing theoretical debate about the electronic structure of iron-based superconductors by directly observing it at the atomic-scale.

Book offers broad view of 3-D printing's future

A new book by Hod Lipson and Melba Kurman explores the promises and perils of a technological revolution: 3-D printers that can quickly and cheaply make anything from bicycle parts to low-fat foods.

Blame Barney: Students' perception of T. rex is outdated

Students' perceptions of the Tyrannosaurus rex anatomy is still stuck in the early 1900s, according to a Cornell research team.

AguaClara wins Katerva Award for urban design

For its work bringing thousands of people in Honduras safe, clean drinking water, Cornell's AguaClara research team has been honored with a 2012 Katerva Award.

John Guckenheimer wins 2013 Steele Prize

Presented annually by the American Mathematical Society, the Steele Prize is one of the highest distinctions in mathematics.

High-flying camera snaps shots of Milky Way ring

Cornell researchers have captured the sharpest mid-infrared images yet of a ring of gas and dust seven light-years wide orbiting the supermassive black hole at the center of the Milky Way.

Scientists find 'holy grail' of evolving modular networks

Computer scientists say biological modularity evolved as a byproduct of selection to reduce the number and length of network connections, or 'wiring.'

Link between inflammation and spread of breast cancer found

Researchers have found a link between the body's inflammatory response and how malignant breast cancer cells use the bloodstream to spread.