Two studies look to improve hurricane warnings

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Sea Grant has funded two Cornell projects to help officials improve coastal hazard warnings for residents in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.

Students invent 'Aura' musical instrument

Engineering students build an electronic instrument that lets them shape music with their hands.

JanFab gives student-engineering teams a leg up

Combine 80 Cornell students from five engineering project teams. Blend in the frenetic vibrancy of Santa’s workshop, sift in esprit de corps of Slope Day and simmer in the serenity of the winter break. Voila! You’ve got JanFab.

Hunt for muon's magnetic field to get Cornell insight

An international high-energy physics collaboration that could provide the deepest glimpse yet into the nature of the elusive subatomic particle known as the muon is receiving key insights and expertise from Cornell scientists.

With 10 years as Martians, rovers unveil true grit

Cornell professor Steve Squyres and Bill Nye provide key lectures at the “Opportunity: Ten Years on Mars” event Jan. 16 at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.

Chilean government grants land for giant telescope

On Jan. 9, the Chilean government gave land to a Cornell-led project to build the largest submillimeter telescope in the world.

Steve Strogatz wins Euler Book Prize

Steven Strogatz, the Jacob Gould Schurman Professor of Applied Mathematics, has received the Euler Book Prize from the Mathematical Association of America.

Museum recalls wondrous feats in roving red planet

The Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington has opened a new exhibit “Spirit & Opportunity: 10 Years Roving Across Mars,” a retrospective that recounts the Mars mission and the Cornell scientific triumphs of the rovers.

Bacterial food web may be key to cystic fibrosis

A common pathogen that can lay dormant in healthy individuals becomes virulent in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients, and Cornell biological engineers think they might know why.