Revolutionary tool will methodically track fish populations in the ocean

Oceanographer Chuck Greene is working to optimize an ocean-observing tool to collect and transmit ecosystem data to his desktop in real time, tracking the ocean like the weather. (Jan. 5, 2012)

Now you see it, now you didn't: Cloaking a moment in time

Gaeta labA laser beam passes through a "split-time lens" - a specially designed waveguide that bumps up the wavelength for a while then suddenly bumps it down. The signal then passes through a filter that slows down the higher…

Protein dynamics are helped by water, synchrotron researchers find

Using the Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source, Cornell scientists have gained new insight into the underlying mechanisms of how protein structures change at low temperatures. (Dec. 14, 2011)

After years of 'fracking,' Pennsylvanians remain mixed about gas drilling

After eight years of Marcellus Shale natural gas drilling in Pennsylvania, residents still have mixed feelings about it, report researchers at Cornell's Agribusiness Economic Outlook Conference, Dec. 13. (Dec. 14, 2011)

Rover's discovery shows water flowed underground on Mars

NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Opportunity has found a bright vein of a mineral deposited by water. Analysis of the vein will help researchers better understand the history of wet environments on Mars. (Dec. 9, 2011)

Biosensor may improve disease detection, water monitoring

A quick, inexpensive and highly sensitive test that identifies disease markers or other molecules in low-concentration solutions could be the result of a Cornell-developed nanomechanical biosensor.

Study may lead to drug therapies to prevent atherosclerosis

New research offers a clue into the underlying causes of atherosclerosis in terms of how the cells that line the blood vessels, called endothelial cells, behave as the vessels stiffen with age. (Dec. 7, 2011)

Haut Chocolat with cayenne pepper wins ice cream contest

Haut Chocolat beat out Cinnamon Chai Latte, Bearry Cheesecake and Aunt Maple's Walnut Toffee ice cream flavors in the annual ice cream competition. (Dec. 6, 2011)

Undergrad synthetic biology team takes a top prize at world championship

CU GEM's 'Biofactory' beat out 120 other teams to take the 'Best Manufacturing Project' prize at the iGEM 2011 World Championship Jamboree, Nov. 5-7.