Physical Sciences & Engineering

Math department celebrates 50th year of topology festivals

An overflow crowd attended the math department's 50th Topology Festival, held May 4-7 on campus. (May 14, 2012)

Students share 'modbot' design for future Cornell Cup competitors

Cornell students exhibited their embedded design skills at the Cornell Cup USA by demonstrating modular robots and Rock Band-playing robots. (May 10, 2012)

Prescription drug identifier takes top prize at Cornell Cup

A device that uses image processing to instantly identify a prescription drug took top honors at the first Cornell Cup USA Presented by Intel, May 4-5. (May 10, 2012)

Infrared LEDs can be made cheaper, compatible with silicon

Cornell researchers have advanced the process of making infrared light-emitting diodes cheaper and easier to fabricate.

Robots learn to pick up oddly shaped objects

Cornell researchers have created an algorithm to guide autonomous robots in grasping odd shapes. (May 8, 2012)

Cornell makes physics fun at D.C. science expo

Cornell staff offered science activities at the at the second USA Science and Engineering Festival in Washington, D.C., April 28-29. (May 7, 2012)

New clues to how iron superconductors work

Cornell research has for the first time confirmed key predictions about how 'Cooper pairs' of electrons behave in new high-temperature superconductors.

Researchers demonstrate new way to control nonvolatile magnetic memory devices

Cornell researchers have demonstrated a new strategy for making energy-efficient, reliable nonvolatile magnetic memory devices, which retain information without electric power. (May 4, 2012)

ExxonMobil Foundation gives nearly $596,000 to Cornell

The ExxonMobil Foundation has given Cornell $595,970 through its Educational Matching Gifts Program. The gift was presented to President David Skorton April 30 by Jean A. Baderschneider, Ph.D. '78.