Seniors present research across disciplines in annual expo

Fifty Hunter R. Rawlings III Cornell Presidential Research Scholars presented their work at the annual Senior Expo in the Biotechnology Building April 14. (April 19, 2011)

Four students receive Xerox minority scholarships

The Technical Minority Scholarships recognize high academic achievement in the fields of science, engineering and technology. (April 18, 2011)

Researchers explain why bicycles balance themselves

Scientists and engineers have been trying to explain bicycle self-stability ever since the 19th century. Now, a new analysis says the commonly accepted explanations are at least partly wrong. (April 14, 2011)

Senior develops clothes that can trap poisonous gas

A student has used Cornell technology to make a mask, hooded jackets and shirts that can trap and decompose harmful gases for military applications or for people living in smog-choked cities. (April 12, 2011)

Molecular frameworks show potential for better solar cells

Cornell chemist William Dichtel and colleagues have found a way to synthesize an ultra-thin, transparent organic film that could lead to flexible, more affordable solar cells. (April 11, 2011)

$542K goes to Cornell from ExxonMobil Foundation

The ExxonMobil Foundation has presented Cornell with $542,150 through the foundation's Educational Matching Gifts Program. (April 11, 2011)

Two juniors named Goldwater scholars

Randall Meyer '12 and Rachel Perlman '12, both in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, have received 2011 Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships. (April 7, 2011)

Engineering grad students launch record-breaking balloon

A high-tech, high-altitude balloon launched by Cornell systems engineering graduate students has nabbed world records for size and altitude among amateur ballooners. (April 5, 2011)

Comet collisions could cause rippled planet rings, research shows

A curious corrugated pattern in Saturn's rings and similar features in Jupiter's main ring could be the residual effects of comet collisions, report astronomers at Cornell and the SETI Institute. (April 1, 2011)