A National Science Foundation grant to the Department of Classics will support dendrochronology research in the Near East to determine a precise radiocarbon timeline for Biblical archaeology. (Sept. 27, 2012)
Cornell computer scientists have proposed an innovative wireless design that could greatly reduce the cost and power consumption of massive cloud computing data centers, while improving performance. (Sept. 26, 2012)
Physicist John Carlstrom will offer a series of Hans Bethe lectures touching on his work in the Antarctic, where he scans the skies for cosmic radiation through the South Pole Telescope project. (Sept. 25, 2012)
Using 3-D time-lapse imaging, physicists, working with plant biologists, have discovered that certain roots, when faced with barriers like a patch of stiff dirt, form helical spring-like shapes. (Sept. 24, 2012)
Theoretical physicists at Cornell may have found a new way to explain the formation of novae. If their theory is correct, it would represent a big step forward for astrophysics. (Sept. 20, 2012)
Cornell physicists and engineers are lending their expertise in next-generation nanoscale electronics as part of a new NSF research center. (Sept. 19, 2012)
Physics, agoraphobia and romance will entwine for an unusual production at the Schwartz Center for the Performing Arts next week: 'Emergence,' running Sept. 20-22. (Sept. 10, 2012)
Researchers have calculated the value of the anomalous magnetic moment of the electron and muon to the most precise degree known to physics. (Sept. 10, 2012)
The Southern Patagonian Ice Field lost ice volume at a 50 percent faster rate between 2000-2012 than it did between 1975-2000, according to new analysis of digital elevation models. (Sept. 5, 2012)
