Guillaume Lambert, a professor in the School of Applied and Engineering Physics at Cornell University, comments on an outbreak of a drug-resistant fungus known as Candida auris.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Health, Nutrition & Medicine

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The Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded Tuesday to a Canadian-American cosmologist and two Swiss scientists for their work in understanding how the universe has evolved from the Big Bang and the discovery of the first known planet outside of our solar system. Cornell University experts are available to discuss the impact their work had on our understanding of the cosmos. 

Physical Sciences & Engineering

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Steven Squyres, the scientific Principal Investigator for the Mars Exploration Rover Project, Don Banfield, a senior research associate specializing in planetary sciences, and Mason Peck, professor of aerospace engineering and former NASA Chief Technologist, are available for interviews about the Opportunity rover — in a state of hibernation since being swept up in a dust storm on Mars.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Arts and Sciences

Engineering

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Mason Peck, former NASA Chief Technologist and Cornell University aerospace engineering professor, comments on space debris and President Trump's directive to address the problem.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Engineering

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Don Banfield, a senior research associate specializing in planetary sciences at Cornell University, comments on Martian dust storms like the one threatening NASA's Opportunity rover. He says it's important to consider the risks associated with dust storms, like the one that has silenced the Opportunity rover, when designing future missions to Mars.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Arts and Sciences

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Lisa Kaltenegger, director of Cornell University’s Carl Sagan Institute and one of the world's leading experts on exoplanets, comments on the upcoming launch of NASA's new satellite telescope known as TESS. 

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Arts and Sciences

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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

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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

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Mason Peck, professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Cornell University and former Chief Technologist at NASA comments on SpaceX's much anticipated test launch of its Falcon Heavy Rocket.

Physical Sciences & Engineering

Engineering

Arts and Sciences

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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

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