Physical Sciences & Engineering

Six faculty win NSF CAREER awards

Six early-career Cornell faculty members are recent recipients of National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards.

Deans: Cornell Tech is redefining tech education

The goal of the Cornell NYC Tech campus is a simple one: be the preeminent graduate school focused on the digital disciplines in the information age.

Food inspires lithium-sulfur battery breakthroughs

A pair of common kitchen ingredients inspired Cornell researchers’ improvement of the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries, a promising alternative to today’s lithium-ion batteries.

Four N.Y. companies receive JumpStart grants

Four New York companies have received 2013 JumpStart Program grants for the spring semester, which assists New York state small businesses in developing and improving through university collaborations.

CU GEM improves eco-friendly Styrofoam substitute

Undergraduates on the Cornell University Genetically Engineered Machines (CU GEM) team won awards for designing a safe alternative to Styrofoam.

Tunable antenna could end dropped cell phone calls

A Cornell collaboration has resulted in the world's best tunable dielectric material, which could greatly improve wireless communications technology.

Cornell Tech welcomes four more faculty members

Serge Belongie, Mor Naaman, Rafael Pass and Ramin Zabih have joined the faculty at Cornell Tech.

New institute promotes smart clothing of the future

At a meeting of the new Cornell Institute of Fashion and Fiber Innovation, clothing designers, textile scientists and business leaders discussed how to best weave fashion and function and to bring bold ideas to market.

Bending world's thinnest glass shows atoms' dance

For the first time, researchers have directly imaged deformations in silica glass and the resulting “dance” of rearranging atoms.