Linda Shi, urban environmental planner and assistant professor in architecture, art and planning, comments on the Trump administration freeze of a climate resiliency study for New York City.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Matt Marx, professor of entrepreneurship, comments on the Biden adminstration's executive order asking the FTC to examine non-compete agreements. 

Business, Economics & Entrepreneurship

Law and Policy

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Robert Shepherd, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Cornell University, comments on the benefits of soft robots for space exploration.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Engineering

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Eilyan Bitar, professor of electrical and computing engineering, and Arthur Wheaton, transportation industries expert and director of labor studies, comment on newly announced grants from the Biden administration, awarded to school districts, to purchase electric school buses.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

Law and Policy

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Damian Helbling, assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Cornell University, comments on the environmental impact of chemical compounds known as PFAS.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Engineering

Energy, Environment & Sustainability

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Google announced Wednesday an experimental quantum processor completed a calculation in just a few minutes, a process that would take a traditional supercomputer thousands of years.

Computing & Information Sciences

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The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) will release its first full-color images and spectroscopic data in one week. Webb is an international program led by NASA with its partners, ESA (European Space Agency) and the Canadian Space Agency.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Arts and Sciences

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Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Gonzalez v. Google, a case that could have major implications on how tech platforms host and promote content. The following Cornell University experts are available to discuss the case.

Cornell Tech

Computing & Information Sciences

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Mason Peck, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Cornell University and former NASA Chief Technologist comments on the failure of a Soyuz rocket launch and emergency landing.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Engineering

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Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp experienced an extended outage yesterday. Nate Foster is a professor of computer science who works to develop languages and tools that make it easy for programmers to build secure and reliable systems. 

Computing & Information Sciences

Engineering

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