Sun Grant conference to explore biofuels, biopower

National and regional biofuel, biopower and bioproducts experts will convene in Syracuse for the Northeast Sun Grant 2010 Regional Conference, hosted by Cornell, May 24-26. (May 10, 2010)

Daniel C. Ralph named head of Cornell nanoscale facility

Daniel C. Ralph, the Horace White Professor of Physics, has been named the L.B. Knight Director of the Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility starting July 1. (May 6, 2010)

Cybersecurity is too reactive, needs more upfront planning, professors stress to Congress

Stephen Wicker, professor of electrical and computer engineering, addressed privacy concerns on Capitol Hill; Andrew Myers, associate professor of computer science, tackled security issues. (May 6, 2010)

Cornell-developed battery technology company receives $2.2 million in federal funds

A company that uses Cornell-developed technology to create low-power, long-lasting batteries has received a $2.2 million boost from the federal government. (May 4, 2010)

Obendorf receives highest award from trade association

Professor S. Kay Obendorf has garnered the top award from the American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists for her achievements. (May 4, 2010)

Researchers pin down the elusive masses of up, down and strange quarks

A research group co-founded by Cornell physics professor G. Peter Lepage has calculated the mass of the three lightest and, therefore, most elusive quarks: up, down and strange. (May 3, 2010)

Power from trash and biomass could save cash and carbon, feasibility study shows

A $250,000 feasibility study reports that the proposed Cornell University Renewable Bioenergy Initiative could produce $2 million a year in energy using campus-area renewable resources. (May 3, 2010)

Student project wins $75,000 for drinking water technology

AguaClara's dose controller research group won the cash prize, which will support water treatment technology development, from the Environmental Protection Agency's P3 Competition. (May 3, 2010)

Arecibo telescope tracks 'potentially dangerous' asteroid within 1.5 million miles of Earth

A near-Earth asteroid named 2005 YU55 - on the list of potentially dangerous asteroids - was observed by the Arecibo telescope April 19 as it passed about 1.5 million miles from the Earth. (April 30, 2010)