Tip Sheets

Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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‘Salt batteries’ emerge with energy storage potential

May 9, 2019

Héctor Abruña, professor in the Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology at Cornell University and an expert on batteries and energy storage technology, comments on the technology behind 'salt batteries.'

Arts and Sciences
Physical Sciences & Engineering

FCC’s net neutrality proposal amounts to ‘forced consumption’ for consumers

November 27, 2017

Federal regulators plan to roll back stricter net neutrality rules, giving Internet providers the ability to determine the websites and online services their customers can access. Privacy expert Steve Wicker criticizes the latest move.

Weathering the elements, NASA’s InSight to measure seismic activity on Mars

May 3, 2018

Don Banfield, a senior research associate specializing in planetary sciences at Cornell University and member of the science team for NASA’s InSight Mars lander, comments on InSight's mission on the red planet.

Physical Sciences & Engineering
Engineering

Pedestrian death from self-driving car highlights need for additional tech

March 19, 2018

Bart Selman, professor of computer science at Cornell University and an expert on artificial intelligence safety issues, comments on a pedestrian death following an accident involving a self-driving car.

Computing & Information Sciences
Physical Sciences & Engineering
Engineering

Electric cars may up demand for power, but renewables are poised to benefit

October 3, 2017

Eilyan Bitar, a leading researcher in modern power systems and an assistant professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University, says electric vehicles and renewable energy can develop a “symbiotic relationship.”

Engineering

Remembering Stephen Hawking: a personal story

March 14, 2018

Yangyang Cheng, a particle physicist and postdoctoral research associate at Cornell University, reflects on the legacy of Stephen Hawking and what his work meant to her personally.

Arts and Sciences
Physical Sciences & Engineering

Today’s outer-rise earthquake in Alaska complicates hazard assessment

January 23, 2018

Cornell geophysicist Geoffrey Abers analyzes Tuesday's 7.9 magnitude earthquake, which comes ahead of largest seismometer experiment coming to the Alaskan Peninsula. 

Physical Sciences & Engineering
Engineering

New rules allow biotech to mitigate climate, disease risk

June 10, 2019

This week the U.S. Department of Agriculture released a proposed revision which could drastically change regulations for genetically-modified crops. Matthew R. Willmann is the director of the Plant Transformation Facility at Cornell University and has 25 years of plant science research experience, having studied plant transformation and genome editing to improve crop plants. He says the revision will lower costs, lead to a broader range of genetically-engineered plants, and reduce time for improved plants to reach growers which will allow agriculture to be more reactive in response to climate change and plant diseases.

Agriculture and Life Sciences
Food & Agriculture
Law, Government & Public Policy

Ida’s aftermath reveals resiliency voids on Gulf Coast

August 30, 2021

Linda Shi, an urban environmental planner who studies how cities adapt to climate change, comments on the aftermath of Hurricane Ida.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future
Architecture, Art and Planning

‘Imagine the feel’ of Martian winds — InSight reports weather from red planet

February 19, 2019

Don Banfield, a research scientist at Cornell University and lead on weather science for NASA's InSight lander, comments on the first weather report from Mars.

Arts and Sciences
Physical Sciences & Engineering