National report makes for 'a good day' for CU astronomy

The Astro2010 Decadal Survey gave a powerful boost to a number of Cornell-related astronomy and astrophysics projects with the release of its report Aug. 13. (Aug. 18, 2010)

Proposed Cornell telescope project in Chile gets key boost

A planned telescope known as CCAT, proposed and led by Cornell scientists, has received strong endorsement from a national panel charged with setting priorities in astronomy for the next decade. (Aug. 16, 2010)

Speakers urge innovation, discuss green technologies at energy conference

The Energy Materials Center at Cornell invited several speakers to give sessions on a wide range of topics dealing with the conference's theme, 'Oxides for Energy Applications.' (Aug. 13, 2010)

Home computers from Iowa and Germany, using Arecibo data, help discover unusual pulsar

The finding is the first deep-space discovery by Einstein@Home, which uses donated time from the home and office computers of 250,000 volunteers from 192 countries. (Aug. 12, 2010)

Minority student researchers present summer work

Students from universities across the country who spent the summer working in Cornell or Syracuse University research labs presented their work at an Aug. 10 symposium in Hollister Hall. (Aug. 11, 2010)

Biomedical engineering grant to help train Ph.D. students in clinical science

Cornell's Department of Biomedical Engineering has received $700,000 from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to help train Ph.D. students to work at the interface of engineering science and medicine. (Aug. 9, 2010)

New catalyst of platinum nanoparticles could lead to stall-free stable fuel cells

Scientists at the Energy Materials Center at Cornell have discovered a catalyst that could make fuel cells more resistant to carbon monoxide poisoning - and thus more efficient and cost-effective. (Aug. 2, 2010)

Teachers play with electricity to boost teaching power

Teachers from around the country learned new techniques at the Institute for Physics Teachers, which wrapped up its ninth year of uniting and training high school physics teachers July 30. (Aug. 2, 2010)

No rings around Saturn's Rhea, astronomers find

Using NASA's Cassini spacecraft, Cornell astronomer Matthew Tiscareno and colleagues searched for any material from dust to giant boulders that might be orbiting Saturn's second-largest moon.