Plop, plop, fizz, fizz: Alka-Seltzer found to help wine industry, with potential for construction industry, too

Cornell researchers have discovered that Alka-Seltzer tablets are perfect for keeping a disease at bay in vineyards and for protecting fermentations by monitoring residues. (Sept. 19, 2011)

Optofluidics could change energy field, say engineers

Optofluidics is on the cusp of improving such green technologies as solar-powered bioreactors, say Cornell researchers. (Sept. 12, 2011)

NSF renews Cornell Center for Materials Research funding

The National Science Foundation has announced renewed funding for the Cornell Center for Materials Research. (Sept. 9, 2011)

Endeavour crater provides possible evidence of past water

The Mars rover Opportunity is a senior citizen but still spry, and as it peers over the rim of the giant impact crater called Endeavour, it's embarking on what could be called a new mission. (Sept. 2, 2011)

From paint to toothpaste, researchers capture microscopic origin of thinning and thickening fluids

Cornell scientists led by Itai Cohen, associate professor of physics, have explored why these fluids behave like they do by watching how micron-sized suspended particles dance in real time and space. (Sept. 1, 2011)

Robots learn to handle objects, understand new places

Cornell researchers are teaching robots to manipulate objects and find their way around in new environments. (Sept. 1, 2011)

Program 'hubs' will define CornellNYC tech campus

Cornell leaders are developing tech campus programs under interdisciplinary domains, or hubs, rather than using the traditional university organization of colleges, schools and departments.

Chatty robots go viral on YouTube

Cornell students have set up an online chat between two robots that is entertaining the nation. (Aug. 31, 2011)

Peer at the skies at the observatory on a clear Friday night

Anyone can go to Fuertes Observatory on campus on clear Friday nights, 9 p.m. to midnight, to peer through telescopes and hear from members of the Cornell Astronomical Society. (Aug. 30, 2011)