$1.5M NSF grant helps nanoparticle manufacturing

A $1.5 million National Science Foundation grant will support scalable nanomanufacturing and device integration.

Relax! Slip on an electric vest to knead away stress

A new startup led by three Cornell students is developing a garment that gently gives a massage to reduce harmful amounts of stress in the body.

Five grad students named space technology fellows

Graduate students Daniel Cellucci, Nicholas Cheney, Brian Koopman, Ethan Ritz and Jason Yosinski are five of 65 graduate students whom have been chosen as Space Technology Research Fellows by the NASA.

For heavenly radiance, Burns wins Brouwer Award

Citing research transforming our scientific view of the heavens, the American Astronomical Society will give astronomy professor Joe Burns the 2014 Dirk Brouwer Award.

'Photo album' shows dances of droplets

Researchers have produced a "photo album" of more than 30 shapes an oscillated drop of water can take – a fundamental insight into how droplets behave.

Program teaches girls engineering via apparel design

Smart Clothing, Smart Girls: Engineering via Apparel Design, a weeklong course, taught 24 middle school girls on campus many principles of science to attract them to STEM fields.

CUAUV wins RoboSub competition

Cornell's Autonomous Underwater Vehicle project team won first place for the second consecutive year at the RoboSub student competition in July.

Versatile polymer film synthesis method invented

Materials researchers have devised a so-called hierarchical porous polymer film synthesis method that may help make these materials useful for applications ranging from catalysis to bioengineering.

Saturn moon's mystery plume influenced by tides

Cornell astronomers have determined that the plume erupting from Saturn's moon Enceladus is influenced by tidal forces from Saturn.