A Cornell senior and researchers have narrowed theories on why the hydrocarbon dunes – think plastic – on Titan are oriented in an unexpected direction, a solar system eccentricity that has puzzled space scientists.
Cornell scientists used a very tiny, extremely bright X-ray beam to make high-speed movies of how spreadable organic molecules formed crystal lattices at the nanoscale.
Recent advances in measuring and controlling nanoscale spin systems is the theme of this year’s Cornell Center for Materials Research symposium, May 20.
As the shale gas boom continues, the atmosphere receives more methane, adding to Earth’s greenhouse gas problem. A Cornell ecology professor fears that we may not be many years away from an environmental tipping point – and disaster.
Replacing the gasoline economy with better batteries may be accelerated thanks to unique battery testing capabilities at Cornell, and anchored by a new testing and prototyping center that the university helped to establish.
Both Cornell teams showed major improvement over last year, with the canoe team's second place overall finish propelling them to the national competition in June.
A proposal to develop a portable, affordable turbidimeter, a tool for measuring water quality, has won a $90,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency’s People, Prosperity and the Planet student design competition.
Seniors in the College Scholar Program pursued research projects ranging from humor cognition as a clinical diagnostic tool to decisions in the art market and designing a small satellite.