The Mars rover Opportunity has a new target. It will attempt to drive 11 kilometers to explore the crater that the Mars Exploration Rover team has unofficially dubbed 'Endeavour.' (Sept. 24, 2008)
Computer scientist Rafael Pass is seeking new approaches to cryptographic security with a $600,000, five-year grant from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. (Dec. 14, 2009)
ITHACA, NY -- What's 120 feet long, weighs 127 tons, and connects central campus and north campus at Cornell University? It's the new footbridge overlooking Triphammer Falls, Beebe Lake and Fall Creek, and it will be placed in service beginning at 7 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 9. The old span, which was closed in the summer of 1995 because structural components had deteriorated, has been completely rebuilt at a cost of $782,000. The original footbridge was designed to be a temporary span, but remained in use for about 35 years.
Leave it to Bill Nye "the Science Guy" to turn a traditional piece of calibration equipment into a really cool, state-of-the-art scientific instrument. As he was looking over the designs for instruments to be carried aboard NASA's 2001 Mars Surveyor Lander.
Last month, 48 undergraduates competed in the annual Mathematical Contest in Modeling, applying the modeling and simulation skills they have learned in class to a real-world problem. (Dec. 9, 2009)
At the third annual Faculty Institute for Diversity June 13-16, 19 faculty members learned about new ways to incorporate elements of diversity into the courses they teach. (June 28, 2010)
A panel of experts in geology, energy, groundwater and public policy educated the Cornell community about the broad range of competing energy and environmental issues surrounding the drilling controversy. (Dec. 3, 2009)
With support from major industrial partners, Cornell University has opened a state-of-the-art laboratory for the design and testing of radio-frequency integrated circuits, such as the transceivers in cellular phones and other wireless devices.
Parents' education and income, as opposed to school funding, are better predictors of a student's success, says Cornell sociologist Stephen Morgan. (Sept. 9, 2008)