New research aims to create search-engine software that can learn from users by noticing which links they click and how they reformulate their queries when the first results don't pay off. (Jan. 7, 2010)
Cornell researchers are devising methods to detect the magnetic fields of individual electrons and atomic nuclei, which they hope to use to make a nanoscale version of magnetic resonance imaging. (Dec. 21, 2009)
Cornell chemist Paul Chirik and colleagues have devised a new way to break the tough nitrogen-nitrogen bond in the lab and simultaneously create carbon-nitrogen bonds. (Dec. 16, 2009)
Computer scientist Rafael Pass is seeking new approaches to cryptographic security with a $600,000, five-year grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. (Dec. 14, 2009)
Last month, 48 undergraduates competed in the annual Mathematical Contest in Modeling, applying the modeling and simulation skills they have learned in class to a real-world problem. (Dec. 9, 2009)
A Cornell researcher has created an extremely efficient transistor made from gallium nitride, which may soon replace silicon as king of semiconductors for power applications. (Dec. 8, 2009)
A handful of faculty attended the informal Dec. 3 brown-bag lunch hosted by Provost Kent Fuchs to discuss the findings of the life sciences task force.
Cornell researchers and colleagues have created cell phones that allow deaf people to communicate in sign language, the same way hearing people use phones to talk. (Dec. 2, 2009)
