Battling cancer with engineering: National Cancer Institute funds Cornell-led $13 million research center

The $13 million Center on the Microenvironment and Metastasis will focus on using nanobiotechnology and other related physical science approaches to advance research on cancer. (Oct. 27, 2009)

Students test their touchless attraction technology in near-zero gravity flight

A team of Cornell researchers recently tested their work on the mysterious physical phenomenon of flux pinning aboard a near-zero gravity aircraft. (Oct. 27, 2009)

Stimulus funds to pay for equipment at nanoscale facility

The Cornell NanoScale Science and Technology Facility has received $1.38 million in federal stimulus funds to help with equipment upgrades. (Oct. 27, 2009)

'The Mathematics of Sex' asserts that women opt out of math fields for flexibility

In a new book, 'The Mathematics of Sex,' Cornell professors Stephen J. Ceci and Wendy M. Williams discuss why women are underrepresented in the math-intensive fields of science. (Oct. 27, 2009)

NIH awards more than $2 million to Cornell for studying women in sciences

Two Cornell research teams have each received National Institutes of Health grants to identify factors influencing the careers of women in biomedical and behavioral sciences and engineering. (Oct. 22, 2009)

Student inventions -- artificial tissue networks and a skull base sealer -- honored in competition

Artificial tissues with an embedded vascular system and a skull base sealer were two Cornell student inventions honored as finalists in the 2009 Collegiate Inventors Competition in Chicago, Oct. 18-20. (Oct. 21, 2009)

Society of Women Engineers takes home national award

The Cornell Society of Women Engineers received the Gold Level Award for Outstanding Collegiate Section at the national SWE conference held Oct. 15-17 in Long Beach, Calif. (Oct. 21, 2009)

Harold Craighead wins research honor from UPenn

The University of Pennsylvania's Nano/BioInterface Center has presented its annual Award for Research Excellence in Nanotechnology to Harold Craighead. (Oct. 21, 2009)

Cornell 100+ MPG Team accelerates forward in $10 million Automotive X Prize competition

Cornell's 100+ MPG Team is one of 43 that have made it to the next stage of the Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize Competition, contest officials announced Oct. 19. (Oct. 20, 2009)