Molding of nanowires spurs unanticipated phases

Researchers used thermomechanical nanomolding to create single-crystalline nanowires that enable metastable phases that would otherwise be difficult to achieve.

Strong momentum marks 2030 Project’s early fundraising results

Building off its long legacy of work in climate-related research, Cornell continues to rise to the challenges facing our planet.

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Britney Schmidt named one of Time’s 100 most influential people

Time Magazine has named Britney Schmidt, associate professor of astronomy in the College of Arts and Sciences and Earth and atmospheric sciences in Cornell Engineering, to the 2023 list of the world’s 100 most influential people.

New faculty award celebrates community engagement across Cornell

The award was created to recognize novel approaches to community engagement in each college that haven’t historically been honored.

Shapeshifters: Can buildings behave like organisms?

With a $3 million National Science Foundation grant, Cornell researchers are creating a new approach to architecture by learning how plants and animals form internal structures.

Humans need Earth-like ecosystem for deep-space living

Can humans endure long-term living far from our home planet? Maybe, according to a new theory that describes the need for gravity, oxygen, obtaining water, developing agriculture and handling waste.

$9.9M Bezos grant for virtual fencing combats climate change

The Bezos Earth Fund grant will support a project developing low-cost virtual livestock fencing that would benefit farmers and animals, improve public health in developing countries and combat climate change.

Organoids shown to speed glycoengineered vaccine development

Using a biomaterials-based organoid, a multi-institution team led by Matt DeLisa of Cornell Engineering was able to assess the strength of the immune response to a glycoengineered vaccine in days, instead of months.

$9.5M to fund chronic fatigue syndrome research

A Cornell multidisciplinary research center that studies chronic fatigue syndrome has received a five-year, $9.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health – funding that will enable experts to continue work on the mysterious and debilitating condition.