LEGO models show how things move

The Junior FIRST LEGO League Expo featured 18 teams of elementary school students from upstate New York who displayed their working LEGO models. (Feb. 1, 2010)

Engineers to work on disaster risk management strategies

The researchers will develop mathematical representations of strategic interactions between building owners and insurance companies in the aftermath of a natural disaster.

Matt DeLisa honored by American Chemical Society

DeLisa has been selected as the 2010 Young Investigator of the society's Division of Biochemical Technology.

Report: Arecibo unparalleled for finding near-Earth objects

The radar system at Arecibo Observatory plays a unique role in the ongoing effort to identify and characterize near-Earth objects, according to a final report to Congress. (Jan. 26, 2010)

Devastation in Haiti had human causes, too, panelists say

The tragedy surrounding the earthquake in Haiti is the result of human failure as much as natural disaster, said geology and engineering faculty members in a panel discussion Jan. 25 in Phillips Hall. (Jan. 26, 2010)

Library seeks support from other institutions for arXiv

Cornell Library is asking other research institutions to contribute to the support of the online arXiv repository of science and mathematics preprints. (Jan. 25, 2010)

Watching crystals grow provides clues to making smoother, defect-free thin films

In the journal Science, Cornell researchers shed new light on how atoms arrange themselves layer by layer into crystalline thin films.

Researcher suggests new memory storage mineral

Researcher Derek Stewart says the mineral kotoite could be an ideal insulator for memory storage devices called magnetic tunnel junctions.

Watt Webb receives National Academy of Sciences Hollaender Award for biophysics

The award cites Webb for 'pioneering the applications of rigorous physical principles to the development of optical tools that have broadly impacted our ability to examine biological systems.'