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Cornell faculty members and experts weigh in on current events.

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With semiconductor shortage, Biden faces ‘billions in manufacturing stoppages’

April 12, 2021

Arthur Wheaton, an expert on the automotive industry, Christopher Ober, a materials engineering expert, and Ron Olson, director of operations for Cornell's Nanoscale facility, comment on a global shortage of semiconductors.

Industrial and Labor Relations
Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Physical Sciences & Engineering
Economics and Business

Blue Origin test launch marks step towards ‘sustainable space economy’

September 23, 2020

Elaine Petro, assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Cornell University and a former engineer at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, comments on Blue Origin's latest test launch of its New Shepherd rocket.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Taal volcano threatens life, climate, agriculture

January 22, 2020

Esteban Gazel, an expert on the processes inside the Earth that produce magma and volcanoes, comments on threats posed by volcanoes such as Taal in the Philippines.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Physical Sciences & Engineering

Nobel Chemistry winner an ‘exemplary scientific citizen’

October 7, 2020

Ailong Ke, a CRISPR expert who trained as a postdoc with Nobel winner Jennifer Doudna, says Emmanuelle Charpentier and Doudna will serve as role models for the next generation of women interested in STEM.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

‘Omnipresent surveillance’: Facial recognition may transform schools into prisons

February 10, 2020

Stephen Wicker, an expert in information network privacy issues, comments on Lockport City School District becoming the first district in New York state to adopt facial recognition technology to monitor who is on school grounds.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Mars Perseverance to deliver ‘first zoom cameras’ to another world

July 20, 2020

Alex Hayes, a professor of astronomy and a co-investigator for NASA rover Perseverance’s Mastcam-Z, and Don Banfield, a research scientist and member of Perseverance’s atmospheric science team, comment on their roles in NASA's Mars 2020 mission.

Physical Sciences & Engineering
Arts and Sciences

As EVs take off, semiconductor demand to rise amidst chip shortage

February 24, 2021

Arthur Wheaton, an expert on the automotive industry, Christopher Ober, a materials engineering expert, and Ron Olson, director of operations for Cornell's Nanoscale facility, comment on a global shortage of semiconductors.

Engineering
Physical Sciences & Engineering
Industrial and Labor Relations

Dust plume may mean weaker hurricanes, heartier ocean ecosystem

June 25, 2020

Natalie Mahowald, professor in the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, comments on a Saharan dust plume making its way into the Gulf Coast region.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Physical Sciences & Engineering

Britain’s ambitious shift to electric vehicles poised to have dramatic health, environmental impacts

February 6, 2020

Oliver Gao, professor of civil and environmental engineering and director of Cornell’s Center for Transportation, Environment, and Community Health, comments on Britain's plan to ban the sale of new petrol, diesel and hybrid cars beginning in 2035.

Energy, Environment & Sustainability
Physical Sciences & Engineering
Engineering

‘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

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